No Inter Vivos Gift of Realty without Deed

The handwritten, notarized document signed by the decedent by which he purportedly “gave” his house to the claimant, with the condition that the claimant pay the existing mortgage until he was able to obtain a mortgage in his own name, was not an inter vivos gift of the property because there was no delivery of a deed, and so the claimant filed to present clear, direct, precise, and convincing evidence of his interest in the property. In re: Estate of Robert O. Garvin II, 1346 WDA 2024 (Pa. Super. 8/28/2025) (non-precedential).

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