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My mom (69), myself (42) and my two daughters have started taking annual trips to Disney. It’s our fun annual girls trip each year! DVC is something we’d like to purchase and I’ve done a lot of research and I’m looking at a 150 point Riviera contract. My husband is not that interested in Disney so we usually take local/close vacations with myself, husband and daughters. My husband is on board with DVC but says since he’s not really into Disney, he said to put the contract in my name. My mom is giving us some money for the DVC purchase but also doesn’t want to be on the contract. Can I have the contract only in my name? Does it matter?
 
Yes you can. But if your DH is not on the contract, it means he would not have a blue card and if he ever went without you..probably unlikely.. he could not get any of the discounts, etc.

However, it’s not a huge deal to be a solo owner.
 
There are many single owners of DVC who also happen to be married. Things to consider in making it only you rather than at least you and your husband are:

1. You will be the only DVC Member. No one else will be able to make, cancel or change a reservation, or contact Member Services, although you could have your husband probably do some of those things online using your account.

2. As the only DVC member, you will be the only one who can have a Blue Membership Card. That is needed to qualify for any discounts, e.g. discounts on APs (but you can purchase those with the DVC discount for members of your family), dining and merchandise (if your mom is with you at WDW you will have to be present and show the blue card for her to get any merchandise or dining discounts), golf (if husband plays golf at WDW, he will not be able to get the DVC discount, unless you are playing with him).

3. When the purchase is done by two persons, most often husband and wife, the dead is typically set in a form of joint tenancy with right of survivorship (called tenancy by the entirety when husband and wife). What that means is that if one owner dies, the other automatically becomes the owner of the entire interest and the property is not subject to probate until after the survivor dies. The death of the single owner on a deed would mean the property would be subject to probate in Florida, for which the executor of the deceased's estate would need to hire Florida counsel, and there will be cost involved in doing the probate.

4. The husband and wife, with the tenancy by the entirety form of joint ownership, have a certain creditor advantage. If you were to have some other debt, created before or after marriage, only in your name as liable debtor, and you fail to pay that debt, the applicable creditor could not go after your portion of the ownership interest in DVC to help pay that debt.
 
I would talk to a local estate attorney. There are a lot of ways to do this. If your mom already has an estate plan, this might fit into that.

A lot of people use trusts or companies to do what you are trying to achieve. I know I would make a local LLC and put grandma and adult daughters on the LLC board. Don't use these boards as your lawyer. If you plan to hold this long enough, it's worth getting local legal advice to avoid Florida probate IMO.

I own my contracts solo because no one else cares, I don't have a Blue Card, and I don't plan to hold them long enough for the estate plan to matter.
 

1. You will be the only DVC Member. No one else will be able to make, cancel or change a reservation, or contact Member Services, although you could have your husband probably do some of those things online using your account.

Her husband can be added as an associate member. He won't have a blue card, but he can still have his own DVC online account and contact member services, etc.
 
Her husband can be added as an associate member. He won't have a blue card, but he can still have his own DVC online account and contact member services, etc.

That is correct. I believe she could, alternatively or additionally, make the mother an associate member.
 
If your daughters are 18 or older, they will not be eligible for any discounts as well unless you are there to make the purchase. Associates get no deals other than to make, modify or cancel a reservation.
 



















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