Hello,

As part of a divorce settlement I plan to give my wife the house.

It has many problems with it including violations of the National Electric Code.

Due to a restraining order, I am unable to get back into the house to fix anything.

How can I give her the house and not be held liable in the future if there was a mishap because of electrical code violations.

One example is I installed a ceiling fan on the same circuit as the washing machine, which is not allowed.

Thanks

Jeff

If you disclose everything you know wrong with the house and there is a house inspection by a neutral third party, no one can gripe at you later when there is something wrong.

Hello again,

What would be the best way to document house defects in the divorce decree?


Thanks

Jeff

Don't look a gift house in the mouth.

If it is really a gift, you lose all interests in it - positive and negative. I saw a court case on TV about that today.

The plaintiff sued the defendant for repairs on a car the defendant gave her. She wanted the money for the repairs, not the car.

The judge said: Do you want the car, or do you want nothing? It's your choice. You can't get the money. A gift is forever.

However, if you get something else in exchange for the house, it is not a gift.

Oh, one other thing. In a divorce settlement, the person who gets the house normally gets the mortgage payments too.