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Breaking up isn’t hard to do

I have a client who recently got a nasty surprise: while they were still together, but after things had gotten bad, his now ex-wife changed their house from joint tenants (meaning they both owned the whole house, with rights of inheritance on death of one party) to...

Cutting ties

What happens when you own a property jointly with someone, and don’t want to share any more? Your kindergarten teacher probably wouldn’t be happy, but technically, you can sever a joint tenancy without any notice to the other parties. Basically, you do a transfer from...