Marcinkewicz v. Quattrocchi

In this case, a mother deeded a property to her son-in-law, with whom she lives, rather than to her son. The son-in-law sued to eject the son and the son counterclaimed to set aside the deed and have his equitable right to the property recognized. The trial court set aside the deed but rejected the son’s claim of equitable ownership. We reverse the first ruling and affirm the second.

In 2007, the son relocated from Hawaii to Miami, as he testified, to move into his mother’s house, the property at issue, to care for her with the understanding that his mother would someday give him the house. In…