In a Daughter’s Name during the Father’s Life

35. Often, a father registers a property in his daughter’s [or son’s] name, not with intent to give them the property, but so that it is not in his name for various reasons… Thus, it is very important for the father to write and clarify within his will which properties are in someone else’s name but really still belong to him according to halachah, and which properties he actually intended to give to the people whose names they are in, as this can also lead to misunderstandings, fights, etc.

36. If the father did not clarify, the poskim discuss whether or not the daughter whose name the property is in is considered in possession of the property [“muchzak”] (Chasam Sofer Choshen Mishpat 142; Teshuvos VeHanhagos 5:381).