- Jurisdiction
- California
Hi ~ My mother is recently married and in her 70's. She is selling her home in Nevada worth $350K (which she owned prior to the marriage) to buy a home in California. She will be using her own money to buy the home in CA out right, and will have her name on the title. My question is if she dies before her spouse he will inherit the home according to CA law. Is there a way to override that law with an agreement so that the house remains to my mother's heirs (her 3 kids) since she will be using all her money to buy a $400,000 home. Her current husband has no money to contribute to the purchase. We are fine with him living in the home should she pass before him, but if he for example gets alzheimers or needs to be moved into an elder care facility, he and his heirs will make the decision about how to use the proceeds of the home.