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I'm no legal expert but if your salary is needed for mortgage then you'll be on the deeds. Therefore it would definitely be owned by both and not just her.
If her dad wants to protect the deposit, you can get a simple legal agreement drawn up whereby in the event of a sale, the deposit is returned to her (plus interest if she wants), then the remaining amount can be split.
That's what my dad-in-law did when he lent my wife and me some funds for our first flat. he's an ex-lawyer btw.
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2nd dibs on the wheels.