Property News · July 21, 2016

My daughter's partner changed how they own their home without asking


She altered it from joint tenancy to tenants in common – is she allowed to do this? Q Three years ago, my daughter and her partner bought a house together. The solicitor acting for them sent a letter to each of them explaining the difference between owning the house as joint tenants and tenants in common, and said they should discuss which type of ownership they wanted. They decided on joint tenancy. They also decided they would have wills drawn up so that my daughter would leave her share of the house to her nephew, and that her partner would leave her share to her nephews.Three years on, her partner went away for a few days on a course and while away she filed with the Land Registry that she wanted it changed from joint tenancy to tenants in common. The first my daughter heard about this was when she received a registered letter from her partner with the documents in duplicate to say the tenancy was changed. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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