{"id":667,"date":"2019-05-09T08:55:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T12:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deeds.com\/articles\/?p=667"},"modified":"2024-04-25T23:21:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T03:21:05","slug":"preferred-pronouns-in-real-estate-deeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deeds.com\/articles\/preferred-pronouns-in-real-estate-deeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Preferred Pronouns in Real Estate Deeds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deeds.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/preferred-pronouns-in-real-estate-deeds-1024x538.png\" alt=\"Image of a legal document and pen. Captioned: Preferred Pronouns in Real Estate Deeds\" class=\"wp-image-669\" width=\"512\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deeds.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/preferred-pronouns-in-real-estate-deeds-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.deeds.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/preferred-pronouns-in-real-estate-deeds-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.deeds.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/preferred-pronouns-in-real-estate-deeds-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/www.deeds.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/preferred-pronouns-in-real-estate-deeds.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Corey McCann\nis closing on a condo. Corey has just one more question for&nbsp;the title\ncompany agent:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wonder\nwhy, in the definitions in the mortgage agreement for the recorder\u2019s office,\nI&#8217;m called &#8220;Corey McCann, a single woman.&#8221; Only my name is relevant.\nI could understand declaring the <em>single<\/em>\nstatus\u2014if there is a firm reason that the record must show, for example, that\nthere is no co-habitant or person who might try to claim an interest in a\ndivorce. But I don&#8217;t voluntarily identify myself in public documents or online\nby gender. I&#8217;d rather not do so now.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The title\ncompany agent answers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Good\nquestion. Title companies don&#8217;t add this language to the deed, unless the\nconveyance&nbsp;is between family members and it&#8217;s needed for transfer tax\npurposes. It&#8217;s the lender who creates the mortgage agreement. We can&#8217;t change\nits language. If a buyer is single, or the buyer is a married person whose\nspouse isn&#8217;t on the document, lenders seem to add it. I&#8217;m never sure why!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To Corey, a first-time homebuyer, the closing is a hard-won milestone. Corey doesn\u2019t want to create a delay or throw things off. Still,\u00a0for\u00a0Corey, the mortgage agreement is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health\/transgender\/misgendering#why-it-happens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">misgendered<\/a>. Corey self-identifies as non-binary. Someone used an assumption or a piece of identification to classify Corey as an unmarried woman. Did the mortgage\u00a0company need to do this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Precision\nand Gender in Legal Writing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Legal\nwriting is precise. It must be. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A court&#8217;s interpretation of an agreement can <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/capital\/story\/20180723-the-commas-that-cost-companies-millions\" target=\"_blank\">depend on a comma<\/a>.<\/li><li>The writing of<em>\u00a0and<\/em> between two names on a disbursement to the two people <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/ucc\/3\/3-110\" target=\"_blank\">means<\/a> that the pair must accept the money jointly. The absence of <em>and <\/em>on a check to two people means <em>or. O<\/em>ne or the other named person can deposit this payment into an individual bank account. <\/li><li>Sales or foreclosures may face <a href=\"https:\/\/caselaw.findlaw.com\/nc-court-of-appeals\/1856972.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">challenges<\/a> because of an ambiguity in the legal description of the deed.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Words, even\nlittle words, matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A commitment\nto precision can&nbsp;keep people from using gender-neutral language\u2014especially\nthe&nbsp;word <em>they&nbsp;<\/em>when\nreferring to an individual.&nbsp;Yet many professionals and organizations are\nfinding value in rethinking&nbsp;language,&nbsp;in order to make legal writing\ninclusive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some writers\nhave, of course, adopted phrases such as <em>she\nor he<\/em>; yet this does not include intersex or non-binary people.\nLet&#8217;s take a closer look at gender identities beyond the binary of female or\nmale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Intersex\nIdentification<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Intersex people have\u00a0chromosomal or\u00a0other sex characteristics that do not fit typical ideas\u00a0of either female or male. Observing\u00a0that intersex people\u00a0are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/Documents\/Issues\/Discrimination\/LGBT\/FactSheets\/UNFE_FactSheet_Intersex_EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">as common as people with red hair<\/a>, we get a sense of how many people may be invisible or erased in legal documents and ordinary conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed, some\nintersex individuals expressly decide not to identify themselves as either\nexclusively female or exclusively male. While intersex people might adopt any\ngender identity, many do desire&nbsp;the&nbsp;<em>intersex identity<\/em>&nbsp;to be respected in\ntheir public documents as well as in their private lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An emerging movement in the United States and worldwide is working to enable the intersex person to hold a non-binary <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-us-lgbt-lawmaking\/nonbinary-intersex-11-us-states-issuing-third-gender-ids-idUSKCN1PP2N7\" target=\"_blank\">state driver&#8217;s ID<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oxygen.com\/very-real\/first-ever-intersex-birth-certificate-issued-in-america\" target=\"_blank\">birth certificate<\/a>,\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/files.eqcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/110132686-D-Mtn-Stay-Pending-Appeal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">passport<\/a>.\u00a0Fortunately,\u00a0with deed language, the answer\u00a0is as simple as using non-gendered language that includes everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Transgender&nbsp;Identification<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>T<\/em> in<em> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/share.america.gov\/what-does-it-mean-to-be-intersex\/\" target=\"_blank\">LGBTI<\/a><\/em>\u00a0stands for trans people\u2014a significant segment of home sellers\u00a0and buyers. Caitlyn Jenner and Chelsea Manning have raised the profile of the transgender community, which includes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/transequality.org\/issues\/resources\/frequently-asked-questions-about-transgender-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">1.4 million\u00a0people in the United States alone<\/a>. Just about everyone has met transgender people in the ordinary course of their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As David \u200bGalowich\u00a0writes\u200b for <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/forbescoachescouncil\/2018\/08\/02\/how-to-respectfully-use-gender-pronouns-in-the-workplace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Forbes<\/a>:\u00a0&#8220;<\/em>Never\u00a0assume that someone is or is not trans based on how they look.&#8221; Galowich adds that asking a person&#8217;s gender identity is respectful, and when it&#8217;s not possible to ask, it is appropriate to use <em>they.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover,&nbsp;if\na person makes a transition after a deed is already recorded, using\ngender-neutral pronouns in the first place can help make any change&nbsp;in\ndocuments unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Non-Binary\nIdentification<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Asia Kate Dillon played Taylor Mason, a non-binary person, on the TV series <em>Billions<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Entertainment\/billions-actor-asia-kate-dillon-explains-means-binary\/story?id=52317585\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Dillon identifies as non-binary<\/a>\u00a0in real life as well, and prefers the pronouns<em> they, their,<\/em>\u00a0and <em>them.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Could the absence of a gender identifier on a deed cause a human being named Taylor Mason to be confused with, say, a <a href=\"https:\/\/taylor-mason.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">company called Taylor Mason<\/a>?\u00a0The question is reasonable. Then again, multiple people are named Stuart\u00a0Hall, a presumably gendered name that could conceivably\u00a0be confused with Stuart Hall the\u00a0school, or Stuart Hall the stationery company\u2014or, for that matter, another person named Stuart Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting down\nto basics:&nbsp;a real estate deed conveys&nbsp;property from a seller&nbsp;to\na buyer. A legally sound&nbsp;deed identifies these parties, and states the\ncorrect legal property description. The parties simply must be&nbsp;identified\nso&nbsp;a court could&nbsp;identify them, given the totality of evidence\nsurrounding&nbsp;the execution of the deed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Acceptance\nof Gender Inclusion in Journalism and Dictionaries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Multiple\nmainstream journalism and dictionary&nbsp;companies accept the singular&nbsp;<em>they&nbsp;<\/em>as a replacement\nfor gendered pronouns in the English language:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Both the\u00a0<em>Chicago Manual of Style<\/em> and the <em>Associated Press Stylebook <\/em>now\u00a0accept\u00a0the singular\u00a0<em>they<\/em> for people who do not identify themselves by gendered pronouns.<\/li><li><em>The Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0allows for the singular <em>they<\/em> in the same circumstances.<\/li><li><em>The American Heritage Dictionary <\/em>also does.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Is it time\nfor the legal document drafters to take note? Some of them have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gender-Inclusive\nLanguage in Official&nbsp;Documents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Many\ndrafters of wills and trusts&nbsp;explain in these documents that plural\nterms&nbsp;may be construed as singular, and vice versa, unless context\ndictates otherwise, and that a gendered pronoun&nbsp;may be construed as\ndenoting another gender\u2014again, as&nbsp;appropriate in&nbsp;context. Other\ncommon language in a will, for example, is&nbsp;<em>my executor in its discretion<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.norfolkdeeds.org\/support\/glossary-of-terms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Glossary of Terms<\/a>\u00a0published by the Norfolk County Registry of Deeds in\u00a0Massachusetts explicitly does away with the old-fashioned legal concepts of <em>curtesy <\/em>and <em>dower.<\/em> The glossary defines curtesy as the common-law right of a male person to\u00a0real estate owned by a deceased partner during their marriage. It then states:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In\nMassachusetts, common-law curtesy has been abolished and replaced with\ngender-neutral dower rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dower, the\nglossary explains, is the parallel right of the female spouse to&nbsp;real\nestate owned by a&nbsp;deceased partner. The glossary states:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under\nMassachusetts statute, dower rights are gender-neutral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marriage certificates are also evolving, through the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesalemnewsonline.com\/news\/local_news\/article_f92f97bc-24bd-11e5-995b-6f019405971e.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">removal of\u00a0gendered terms<\/a>\u00a0to describe life partners. Husband and wife\u00a0have made way for<em> partners in marriage.<\/em> Bride and groom have stepped aside for\u00a0<em>Spouse A\u00a0and Spouse B.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for insurance, government medical assistance, and other benefits related to gender identity,\u00a0federal\u00a0regulations expressly bar unequal access to healthcare on the basis of sex. The regulations define the basis of sex as\u00a0encompassing the basis of gender\u00a0identity.\u00a0Thus, the American Bar Association <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanbar.org\/groups\/gpsolo\/publications\/gpsolo_ereport\/2017\/march_2017\/respecting_gender_identity_healthcare_regulatory_requirements_recommendations_treating_transgender_patients\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">states<\/a>, &#8220;covered entities must be careful to respect the person\u2019s stated gender identity.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best\nPractices<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If the\npronoun&nbsp;<em>they<\/em>&nbsp;appears\nto contradict the state&#8217;s instructions, we do have options.&nbsp;Sometimes a\nplural term provides the perfect solution. For example, we can change:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If a\nsubscriber&nbsp;owes a fee, he should send it to&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subscribers\nwho owe fees should send them to&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can also:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Use the relative pronoun <em>who<\/em> instead of the gendered pronouns s<em>he<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em>he<\/em>.<\/li><li>Drop gendered titles such as <em>Ms., Mrs.,<\/em> <em>Master,\u00a0<\/em>or <em>Mr.<\/em> when the person&#8217;s first and last name will suffice. <\/li><li>Replace gendered terminology for married people by calling them <em>spouses. Buyer, owner, applicant<\/em>,\u00a0or<em> individual<\/em> are inclusive terms\u2014as opposed to <em>single woman<\/em> and similar phrases, which are becoming archaic to the modern ear. <\/li><li>In wills, consider the terms <em>personal representative <\/em>or<em> executor<\/em>, which properly refer to a person of any identification. As Julie Garber in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebalance.com\/executor-executrix-3505523\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">The Balance<\/a> <\/em>puts the point, <em>executrix <\/em>is a \u201choldover from more gender-specific days gone by.\u201d<\/li><li>Adopt gender inclusivity when writing about social roles and employment: <em>Member of Congress, actor, firefighter, board chair. Ladies and gentlemen<\/em> can be replaced with<em> Dear Members (Readers<\/em>, etc.)\u00a0 All lawyers can be called <em>Attorney <\/em>rather than <em>Mr<\/em>. or <em>Ms.<\/em>\u00a0<\/li><li>Consider revising outdated deed, mortgage, and contractual documents, replacing gendered language with inclusive terms.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If anything, legal drafting will become stronger through these efforts. Pronouns are never as precise as proper names. Moreover,\u00a0there is no harm in repeating the antecedent noun (the<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>name) rather than using its proxy, a pronoun. As Heidi K. Brown, director of legal writing at Brooklyn Law School, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/magazine\/article\/inclusive_legal_writing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">writes in the\u00a0<\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/magazine\/article\/inclusive_legal_writing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">ABA Journal<\/a><\/em>, we can respect sound linguistic practices and societal change together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Each\nPerson Is Unique<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A clear\nchain of title is indispensable for financing&nbsp;or selling real property.\nThe accurate identification of people in the chain of title can co-exist with\ngender neutrality and respect for&nbsp;everyone&#8217;s sexual identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the facts\nand documents connected with each deed&nbsp;is unique, we recommend\nspeaking&nbsp;with a real estate attorney licensed in your state\nfor&nbsp;advice&nbsp;and assistance on drafting an accurate and\noperative&nbsp;document.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corey McCann is closing on a condo. 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