Family
Feb. 3, 2011
The Cost of Broken Promises
A house bought on unfulfilled promises can be costly in a divorce.





Mitchell A. Jacobs
Law Office of Mitchell A. Jacobsfamily law (certified)
21860 Burbank Blvd #175
Woodland Hills , CA 91367-7438
Phone: (310) 717-1447
Email: mjacobs@jacobsfamilylaw.com
California Western Law School
Mitchell A. Jacobs is a certified family law specialist who limits his practice to serving as a private judge and mediating marital dissolution and other family law matters.

A common scenario in dissolution cases today is one where a husband and wife purchase real property during the marriage, and to get a better interest rate, take title in the name of only one spouse with the remaining spouse signing a quitclaim deed. Title is never changed to reflect the other spouse's ownership rights. Years later, during the pendency of dissolution proceedings, the spouse on title takes the position that the property is separate property and that the other spouse's sign...
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