It is my understanding that the quit claim deed was done because the aunt didn't want my wife and her sister (she's listed on the quit claim as well but passed away in 2007) to have to fight in probate for the house. She also had my wife's name on all her bank accounts and safe deposit box's as...
The attorney we hired did a thorough search for any and all claims to the deed (mortgage, tax's, liens, equity loans ...) and everything came back clear. As for the procurement of the property by the aunt & grandmother, they sold a house and paid cash for this house in 1972. As of the aunts...
My wife's Aunt and grandmother bought a home together and had a quitclaim deed prepared. When the grandmother passed away, the aunt claimed the home and had another quitclaim deed prepared naming herself, her mother (I'm assuming because she was on the original deed), my wife and my...