No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

Can someone explain to me where the idea comes from that adding a child's name on to a parent's Deed is a good idea? Is this something that's being talked about in the "free steak dinner" seminars or hawked by financial gurus (who are NOT attorneys) on radio shows? Is this a suggestion that your friend's neighbor's sister's child's teacher's dog walker said worked for her grandparents once upon a time?

Wherever the idea comes from, can we put a pin in it?

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