@dydeanne55 - IRS Publication 530 page 4.
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1040 Schedule A instructions page A-7
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"Deductible Mortgage Interest
"To be deductible, the interest you pay must be on a loan secured by your main home or a second home. The loan can be a first or second mortgage, a home improvement loan, or a home equity loan."
It says nothing about whose name the loan must be in, only that *you* pay interest on a loan for a home that *your *own*.
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