John H wrote:
On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:13:32 -0500, Boater wrote:


You know that my name is on the title to the house I occupy. Why isn't
your name on the house you occupy? Could it be to keep it from being
sized to satisfy legal judgments against you? Could it be that your
"wife" doesn't trust you?

That is very unusual, even if one's spouse income is used for the loan,
it is owned jointly, so the spouse would not have to pay estate tax on
the house.

BAR's guesses are probably the only 2 that make sense.