Most of the time quitclaim deeds are used to clean up title to a piece of property after the owner has died. Individuals who sign quitclaim deeds are literally “quitting their claim” in the real estate listed in the document. <\/p>\n
If you see a group of individuals listed as grantors on a quitclaim deed and one other likely relative listed as the grantee, you should be asking yourself “who likely died that caused this deed to become necessary?”<\/p>\n
Often it was the last surviving member of a couple, but not always.<\/p>\n