My grandmother recently told me she wants to leave me her house when she passes. I'm not a fan of this for a number of reasons, but I said it was fine. She's stubborn and typically gets what she wants, so I figured it was best to accept and figure it out when the time comes. 

However, this eventually turned into "I want to transfer the property to your name now so that the nursing home can't take it when I go in", and now I really don't want to have anything to do with it. I've tried explaining to her that the nursing home can't seize her house, and that Medicaid would only place a lien against her house if she can't pay for her care and it's within 5 years (which is not likely to happen). She's in good health and it will likely be several years before she has to go into a home. During that time, the house will be in my name, but she will live there and continue to pay the mortgage until such a time that she needs to go into a nursing home. 

I don't see the point to it being in my name. If anything happens to the house, I'm liable for it. If the worst case scenario happened and she needed the cash sooner sooner than later, I'd sell the house and give her the money anyways. Even if neither of those things happen, at best I'm left with a $80k mortgage on a house that I don't want and can't afford, so I'd still sell it. She's still under the impression that I'd move in once she goes into a home, despite my insistence that I would likely no longer live in the same state and have no desire to own property in her city. She still wants to do this her way, and I'm incredibly uncomfortable with it. 

WIBTA for refusing to put her house in my name? I'd I do, there's a good chance she won't leave me the house in her will, which at this point I'm okay with. 