How Do You Transfer A Property Deed To A Child?
If you elect to transfer a property deed to a child, including your own child, there are some considerations that you must keep in mind. First and foremost, if you desire to make a transfer to your own child, that individual must be over the age of 18. Indeed, a person under the age of 18 cannot legally take title to real estate. A conservatorship is needed in order for a transfer of a property deed to a minor child to occur. Determine the age of the child to whom the deed is to be transferred. Establish a conservatorship if the child to whom the transfer is to be made is under the the age of 18. Obtain a petition for conservatorship form (or sample of such a petition) from the clerk of the county court. Complete the petition form, including identifying the name of the individual to serve as the conservator of the child for the purposes of the transfer of a property deed to the child. File the petition for conservatorship with the clerk of the court. Obtain an order of the court appoin
