re: #268 Salamantis

Or you’re the one who stays at home, or maybe not - but the house is in your spouse’s name. So you have to return home once your beloved dies to clear out your things, because your spouse’s closest legal relative, who never did like you, gets the house you two lived in for decades by default, and told you at the hospital that they want you outta there.

Not sure I understand this one.

POA’s and wills are common between spouses, partners, other family members, friends, etc. - or am I nuts?

Ohio is a dower state so even though the home is in MY name, that does not nullify his right of inheritance as my spouse. I’m sure that’s not uncommon.

Two people of the same sex can buy a home together and the deed can be in both names.

What am I missing?