Deed to S1 and S2 - New York

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Bruce Steiner

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Mar 26, 2026, 7:57:11 PM (10 days ago) Mar 26
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A New York deed shows the grantee as S1 and S2 but doesn’t say husband and wife (or husband and husband, or wife and wife, or S1 and S2, his wife, or S1 and S2, his husband), tenants by the entirety, or tenants in common.

 

How do they own it?

 

 

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Scott A. Weinberg

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Mar 26, 2026, 8:18:45 PM (10 days ago) Mar 26
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If they are in fact spouses at the time of the conveyance, I believe the presumption if Tenant's by the Entirety.  

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Ed Regan

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Mar 27, 2026, 8:39:01 AM (9 days ago) Mar 27
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If they are husband and wife at the time of acquiring the property EPTL 6-2.2 (b) has this covered.

 

6-2.2 When estate is in common, in joint tenancy or by the entirety

(a) A disposition of property to two or more persons creates in them a
tenancy in common, unless expressly declared to be a joint tenancy.

(b) A disposition of real property to a husband and wife creates in
them a tenancy by the entirety, unless expressly declared to be a joint
tenancy or a tenancy in common.


(c) A disposition on or after January first, nineteen hundred
ninety-six of the shares of stock of a cooperative apartment corporation
allocated to an apartment or unit together with the appurtenant
proprietary lease to a husband and wife creates in them a tenancy by the
entirety, unless expressly declared to be a joint tenancy or a tenancy
in the common.

(d) A disposition of real property, or a disposition on or after
January first, nineteen hundred ninety-six of the shares of stock of a
cooperative apartment corporation allocated to an apartment or unit
together with the appurtenant proprietary lease, to persons who are not
legally married to one another but who are described in the disposition
as husband and wife, spouses, husbands, or wives creates in them a joint
tenancy, unless expressly declared to be a tenancy in common.

 

 

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Bruce Leuzzi

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Mar 27, 2026, 9:03:53 AM (9 days ago) Mar 27
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Check the Titles tome by ALBailey to be sure but this is my recollection as well.

 

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If they are in fact spouses at the time of the conveyance, I believe the presumption if Tenant's by the Entirety.  

Lee S. Wiederkehr

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Mar 27, 2026, 9:37:26 AM (9 days ago) Mar 27
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If married the absence  of words husband and wife is not an issue.  It's by the entirety 



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Mar 27, 2026, 11:53:31 AM (9 days ago) Mar 27
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Bruce,

I think I saw this come up on one of our other listserves. As I recall, the answer is: If they are husband and wife yet it doesn’t designate that on the deed, I believe they still own as husband and wife. IF they were married at the time that they took.

 

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