Real Estate Questions & Answers

Last year did Mom spend a year in a nursing home? She does not have any real estate, automobile or other items that are of real value. I have a Durable Power of Attorney and my sister is a joint owner of the bank account. I have 3 sisters and 1 brother. No fighting/arguing over the assets of Mom. There is also a single bed, a rocking chair, and a small tube type television, all of which is around 200 dollars.

My niece has asked me to put her name on the deed of my house in Florida which is free of any mortgage I would like to make her a joint owner. I have searched different forms for a Quitclaim deed, but the language seems quite complex. In a previous case, my mother conveyed her property to me and herself by a Quitclaim deed and it had the tenancy of joint tenants with rights of survivorship. With the forms that I currently have, it gives the impression that I am completely removing myself and transferring all rights to my niece as a joint owner. The form says that ‘I release all right, title, interest and claim’, but then its says that I ‘have and hold’ it. Could you please explain if I have to state that my niece is joint tenant through a Quitclaim deed or use other terms? I don't wanna go through the trouble of having a lawyer for something so simple!!