# Where can I get an Enhanced Life Estate Deed form?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 15, 2015, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-an-enhanced-life-estate-deed-form/722620 "2015-06-15T21:47:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-an-enhanced-life-estate-deed-form/722620/21 "2015-06-16T18:47:16Z")

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Sorry to misdirect then, I guess. No doubt this is why a lawyer is a good idea!

It’s very commonly done where I live. Works somewhat seamlessly too!

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**Author:** ![UDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecae2f/32.png) [@UDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UDS)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-an-enhanced-life-estate-deed-form/722620/22 "2015-06-17T00:42:03Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> More importantly, adding his spouse as a joint tenant means she owns half the house (“an undivided one half interest”) _now_. That can have some pretty substantial implications in the event of divorce and so on.

Plus, depending obviously on the laws of the jurisdiction in which you live, transferring an asset from yourself as sole owner to yourself and another as co-owners can have tax effects that you really need to research _before_ you effect the transfer, rather than afterwards.

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