The Dejected Son

A Woodside father who kissed his son on the cheek and “gave” him a co-op has reclaimed it. He argued in court that ownership had not been conveyed. The Daily News reported this earlier in the week.

Queens man forced out of co-op apartment – by his own father

A Queens dad has every right to boot his freeloading son from the apartment he gave him 18 years ago, a Queens judge says.

Supreme Court Justice Charles Markey ordered Richard Carnivale evicted from the first-floor Woodside co-op apartment he moved into in April 1991.

Carnivale, 45, says his father – with whom he shares a name – kissed him on both cheeks back then and said: “Here are the keys to your new home.”

But his failing health, as well as a frayed relationship with his son, prompted the elder Carnivale to pull the welcome mat.

Markey said that while the son may have paid maintenance fees for the $250,000 apartment over the years, he never owned it.

“The son’s claim of ownership is essentially predicated on the handing over of keys to the co-op apartment,” Markey wrote. “No writing exists to evidence an intention by the father of making the son the owner of the property.”

For the rest of the story : http://www.nydailynews.com/real_estate/2009/09/12/2009-09-12_queens_man_forced_to_kiss_coop_goodbye__by_dad.html#ixzz0RJrrQZP4