Gifting real estate to a sibling

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   Bonnor Hudson

   Clayton Litigation Lawyer

   Contributor Level 12

   Answered December 01, 2011 13:08. You can certainly deed your interest in the property to your sister by having a real estate attorney prepare a deed for a reasonable fee and then record the deed. However, if you and your siblings own the property as tenants in common and your brother files a partition in partition, the property will almost certainly be sold. You need to look at the deed to see how the property is owned. You should consider consulting with an attorney regarding this matter.

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   Jeffrey N Lisnow

   Staten Island Real Estate Attorney

   Contributor Level 15

   Answered December 01, 2011 06:00. Read the will and you may want to have it probated.

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