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Jointly Owned Property Of Cohabitees Fact sheet

The Legal-Zone Ownership of Property between Cohabitees Fact sheet is a guide to the law which applies to ownership of a property when Cohabitees have shared the property and contributed jointly to its acquisition.

Problems may arise on the breakdown of the relationship where title to the home is vested solely in the name of one of the parties. The non-owning party may have no claim under property law but to deny an interest in a jointly acquired property can be most unfair.
 
This is a complex area of law but the principles applied by the Court to alleviate the harshness of property law are explained clearly and in sufficient depth to show whether a claim  by a non-owner might be likely to succeed.