How much weight does a promise note holds in court?

Father puts house in his name for his step-daughter, she pays for everything, cleans credit and earn loan for purchasing the house. Daughther paid down payment, all house payments and all repairs, father got the tax benefits from the house. Daughter asked father to apply with her for a quick-loan, which would remove father name completely and not cost the daughter more with down payment that she had already did once. Father took daughter to court to have evicted. What legal rights does the girl have? Would the promise note make her commited to getting that house? The father don't want the house.

Public Comments

1. If she doesn't have it in writing, she doesn't have it at all.
2. She can't get the house without the deed. That is the only "note" that would hold up in real estate law. Making your own note is not the deed. She also would have no claim upon his death as she is not a legal relative (unless he adopted her). The eviction will stand, she has no more rights to his house then I do.
3. She is an idiot. Her name is on nothing, not the deed, the loan, or anything. She's screwed and the eviction will stand. She just learned the hard way not to trust anyone. They should have gone to an attorney and had an agreement drawn up, and the deed should have been put in her name.
4. What does the note say? It's a legally binding contract. If it is a written note and the father admits to having written it, or has his signiture, or can be shown toi be from him in any way, it is legally binding. The dad is an ass.