--- title: Must I put my bride's name on my house's deed? description: Did you ever want to be a personal-finance advice columnist? Well, here’s your chance. In Money magazine's “Readers to the Rescue” department, we publish questions… authors: - name: timestaff url: https://money.com/author/timestaff/ articles: 459 covers: - Housing - Banking - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes former_staff: true published: '2012-10-05T02:47:09.000Z' modified: '2020-07-07T10:24:54.000Z' section: Housing word_count: 173 canonical: https://money.com/must-i-put-my-brides-name-on-my-houses-deed/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Must I put my bride's name on my house's deed?](https://money.com/img/logo-social.png) Did you ever want to be a personal-finance advice columnist? Well, here’s your chance. In [Money](http://cnnmoney.com/moneymag "Money online") magazine's “Readers to the Rescue” department, we publish questions from readers seeking help with sticky financial situations, along with advice from other readers on how to solve those problems. Here’s our latest reader question: * If we get married, must I put my girlfriend’s name on the deed of the house I already bought and am paying for? * ![](http://content.money.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dollar-house-ju-032.jpg) Got a good answer? Submit it to us in the form below. We’ll publish selected reader advice in an upcoming issue. (Your answer may be edited for length and clarity.) 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