In a message dated 1/8/2005 9:27:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, MAGSTAT@aol.com writes: Statistically, a woman's lifespan is longer than a man's. Therefore, many believed that, by puting the property in the wife's name, if the husband died first, there would be no legal hassle. But if she was of childbearing years, that statistic flys out the window. Eliz