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

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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

That’s really good advice, I’m surprised it hasn’t been mentioned already.

Does the Land Registry show who's on the Deeds of the house?
I didn't think so but it's been a couple of years since I did anything with the LR.

I think you can only check the deeds once you've cancelled the cheque.

Sounds like the plot of a book… here for the next instalment 😆

Check the deeds if he has been getting you to sign legal documentation by misrepresenting them you really need to address that.
In reality, who is registered on the land registry is not that important if you are married and have both been living there paying the mortgage. But if he has been playing silly buggers with legal documents you really need to be careful around him.
If he is just making weird jokes about it that is “just” odd.

What an odd thing to joke about.

As everything other poster has said, check the deeds and in future don’t sign anything without reading it properly first.

He’s an abusive prick. Check the deeds. Talk to a solicitor

Check your deeds.

But before you do, I've got this bridge to sell you. Just sign right here ...

Wow, surely this only happens in movies?

Once you know where you stand go and see a solicitor.

Off the subject tell him that you don't fall for 'tricks'. He'll probably reply about tricking you with the deeds again...but this time you'll be recording it. Then seek a lawyer.

You defrauded your husband?

Or were you just making a point?

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How many times do you have to hear his sinister ‘joke‘ “check the deeds hee hee” until you check the deeds?!

A decent spouse with a normal sense of humor does not ‘joke’ like this.

I would have checked the deeds the first time he gleefully told me he’d gotten me to sign house over to him unawares and to check the deeds.

I cannot believe this!

Oh heck - if he has tricked you - you need to seek legal advise FAST - and watch what he puts in your food !

A lot of these mn threads would not be necessary if posters simply had a very basic curiosity about life.

“He’s told me 1000 times he tricked me into signing house over to him and each he says check the deeds if I don’t believe him. Do you all think he’s done this? Whatever shall I do??”

🙄

Please… go and check the deeds. Then make sure that you are financially independent before actually leaving him

I’m sure I’ve read this before 🤔

As above, go on the Land Registry website and get a copy of the title to your home.

In case it helps: Property transfers are done via a TR1 form and your signature would have to be witnessed by an independent (i.e. not your husband) witness. The witness then also signs it. So not just a 'sign here love' unless he has acted fraudently.

Hopefully this is all a stupid joke and your tell your 'D'H to shut the front door.

If he’s tricked you he’s a criminal twit.

If he’s joking he’s a twit.

Either way it’s not good!

He wasn’t defrauded of anything. He knew exactly why I was looking him straight in the eye and he chose to sign the document rather than have a discussion about what I knew he was doing.

The brother of one of our ushers tricked his elderly father into signing his share of the family home into the son’s name and it only came to light after the father died. The son borrowed against the property and defaulted but the bank were sympathetic to the mother, letting her stay there until she died a few years later.

Yawn. Another post with no update

Assuming you are in the UK, you can check the land registry on line.
Costs about 2.00 or 3.00

Maybe she's just taking people's advice and checking the land registry first, then checking the land registry after that, followed by checking the land registry etc.

She'll be a while.