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Husband says I’ve signed over the house to him without me knowing

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InternetSafe · 29/08/2023 13:14

My husband often jokes that he has tricked me into signing the house over to him. He has said it for years. It’s really tedious but last night he said it again and added ‘check the deeds’. We paid off our home about 10 years ago and it is quite a valuable property for our area.

There have been occasions when I am busy working and he has put papers in front of me and asked me to sign so he can get them in the post (mainly to do with correspondence to our accountant for example).

But this is not possible surely? I mean as a married couple I am entitled to half anyway aren’t I? He is playing mind games with me and I’m not sure what to believe anymore

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Herefordhousewife · 29/08/2023 16:07

NeedTheSeaside · 29/08/2023 15:16

@Curseofthenation

and what if he dies first & has left it to his Bit on the side or the golf club??

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Then she can make a claim against his estate if he hasn’t left her adequate provision under his will

Anxioys · 29/08/2023 16:08

He sounds like an arse.

But you should read things before you sign them. I can't tell you how messy it gets when you don't. In terms of life management, it's the equivalent of stopping at a red light. It is that basic.

caringcarer · 29/08/2023 16:09

Ok OP you've had time to get on to website pay the £3 and find out if it's true or not. Has he done it or is he just winding you up for some silly reason known only to him?

Familylawso1icitor · 29/08/2023 16:10

OP if the title of the house is in his sole name, you can register your marital home rights against the title.

it’s very easy to do, you just have to show you are married with your marriage certificate and they can only be removed if you agree, by court order or if your marriage comes to an end. He won’t be able to sell or mortgage without you being notified (and no buyer or mortgage company would touch it until the home rights were removed).

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notice-of-home-rights-registration-hr1

Notice of home rights: registration (HR1)

Application form HR1 for registration of a notice of home rights.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notice-of-home-rights-registration-hr1

TripleDaisySummer · 29/08/2023 16:11

I mean as a married couple I am entitled to half anyway aren’t I?

I think it would be a martial asset - but worth checking out what the actual legal position is (ie check the deeds as everyone is saying as inheritance could be issue at some point not sure if he owns ) and refused to sign anything you haven't read fully and understood going forward.

Spanielsarepainless · 29/08/2023 16:13

You need your signature witnessed for this to happen. Looking at doing this so DH signs over his half to me, as he is physically failing and it would be one less thing to do when the inevitable happens.

Never sign anything without reading it.

Cardboardcup · 29/08/2023 16:13

Have a look online. You can do a land registry search. We don’t have the deeds to our house, but have a copy of the land registry entry with our names on it.

Gettingbysomehow · 29/08/2023 16:15

You need to go and look urgently and also make sure you never sign anything you are given before reading it from cover to cover. Nobody can be trusted in this life. Protect yourself. I very much trusted my husband of 20 years until he walked out without warning and tried to get half my house. He failed incidentally.

TenderDandelions · 29/08/2023 16:17

Download the Title Register for £3 here. If your name is not listed, then I'd speak to a solicitor and tell them that he has fraudulently removed your name.

Speak to them about a divorce while you're at it.

If your name is still there, then he's just being really very irritating and I'd be telling him that "no, you haven't, because if you had you'd be looking at a fraud conviction"

(Oh, but seriously consider the divorce advice anyway).

Search for land and property information

Find a property and get its title plan, title register and see who owns it

https://www.gov.uk/search-property-information-land-registry

TenderDandelions · 29/08/2023 16:18

Oh, and while you're on the Land Registry site, you can sign up to be notified if anything changes at your property.

Given his "jokes" I'd also do a free credit search (Credit Karma is quite good), just to double check he hasn't got you to sign up for a mortgage or other debt you're not currently aware of.

SafferUpNorth · 29/08/2023 16:26

Check the Land Registry to see whether he's actually done it.

But either way he's a total dick. What sort of joke is that?!

LakieLady · 29/08/2023 16:33

I hope the OP hasn't been back because she's seeing a solicitor about divorcing this abusive prick.

Cucucucu · 29/08/2023 16:53

Check the deeds and if it’s true contact a solicitor. This being said , if you are married then the house is half yours . Personally if he had done this , I think you need to consider what else he has tricked you into doing ? Tricking someone into something they don’t understand is called fraud and it’s a serious crime

Nanaof1 · 29/08/2023 17:01

morbidd · 29/08/2023 13:35

And please for the love of god report back here. Too many posts when the OP has left us in limbo.

They haven't been back. I am so surprised. Not.

Hibiscrubbed · 29/08/2023 17:05

He’s a cunt. Check the deeds.

PollyThePixie · 29/08/2023 17:16

Op I actually did this with my husband. I had my suspicions regarding other women so I had a UK lawyer draw up papers transferring our UK house to me. Then I waited till he was at the dining room table doing paper work and I slipped the papers down and said can you sign this pls. Of course he glanced at them then looked at me, then I looked him straight in the eye and said just sign it. And he did.

I think it would have been very difficult for you to do it without noticing as I think there may have been a few signatures needed.

I’m sorry he’s doing this to you and I hope you get peace of heart and mind soon.

KTSl1964 · 29/08/2023 17:17

What point is he making - that’s what you need to clarify with him.

Caroparo52 · 29/08/2023 17:18

Check the facts and any other assets you hold. Ask him why he's
A) done it
Or hopefully
B) joking about it
prepare yourself to divorce the prick
consider whether or not the marriage is viable

momtoboys · 29/08/2023 17:23

What a knob.

PuzzledObserver · 29/08/2023 17:25

If he has done it - fraudulently - then he could potentially taken a mortgage out on the house without you knowing anything about it. And spent the money, or siphoned it away somewhere else.

So yes, check the deeds. And depending on what you find, either lawyer up, or ask him why he thinks it’s funny to keep on saying that to you?

AdoraBell · 29/08/2023 17:28

Definitely check the Land Registry and never sign a document without reading it yourself.

My DH once handed me a document with a pen saying it’s needs my signature. I ignored the pen and took the document to another room to read it.

Dontworryrelax · 29/08/2023 17:28

We can't know what he's done. Just check the deeds and decide what to do from there.

SerenityNowInsanityLater · 29/08/2023 17:33

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unsync · 29/08/2023 17:33

He's a dick. Divorce him and show that you are entitled to 50% irrespective of what he says.

Seriously though, you need to find out as it does affect you. If he has got you to sign over unknowingly, if he dies, he can either leave 100% or 50% of the house to someone else depending on what he did, which would leave you in a precarious position. In which case, I would refer you back to my first paragraph.

Womencanlift · 29/08/2023 17:41

He is a dick for sure but it’s not fraud or abuse if the OP was given the opportunity to read the documents before signing them. If she signed without doing the due diligence then that’s on her