Blaser v. Blaser

In Blaser v. Blaser, 225 Neb. 104, 402 N.W.2d 875 (1987), the husband's parents gifted real property to the husband and wife as joint tenants, which, when the parties divorced, the husband contended was meant to be a gift to him alone. The husband's father testified at trial that he intended the property to remain in the family, that he did not like the wife, and that he meant the land to be a gift to the husband. However, the husband's father also admitted that he knew at the time that the conveyance created a joint tenancy and that he understood what that meant since he and his wife held their property as joint tenants. The court found that this evidence was "not of the clear, unequivocal, and convincing type required . . . to overcome recorded legal title and the recitals in the deed that purport to convey title to both of the parties." Blaser, 225 Neb. at 106, 402 N.W.2d at 877.