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Can someone break down: Joint tenants with right of Survivorship?

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tracy e robles

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What is the name of your state?The property is located in Maine.
If A & B have a deed on a piece of property and A decides to split her 1/2 with her brother and sister making the deed read something like this: B owns 1/2 and A, C & D own 1/6th of the property. A divorces from B but B will not remove himself from said property and later on A passes away. The property is now owned by B, C & D is it not? Well B thinks he owns it all now.
Can anybody explain Rights of Survivorship? B has a letter from a lawyer stating he now owns the whole property. This cant be true can it? It does not go back to the origional deed written years ago, does it? :confused:
 


tracy e robles said:
What is the name of your state?The property is located in Maine.
If A & B have a deed on a piece of property and A decides to split her 1/2 with her brother and sister making the deed read something like this: B owns 1/2 and A, C & D own 1/6th of the property. A divorces from B but B will not remove himself from said property and later on A passes away. The property is now owned by B, C & D is it not? Well B thinks he owns it all now.
Can anybody explain Rights of Survivorship? B has a letter from a lawyer stating he now owns the whole property. This cant be true can it? It does not go back to the origional deed written years ago, does it? :confused:
... Joint tenants with right of survivorship (JT/ROS) is the most common. In the event of death of one owner, the survivor becomes the owner of the account. ...
 

HomeGuru

Senior Member
tracy e robles said:
What is the name of your state?The property is located in Maine.
If A & B have a deed on a piece of property and A decides to split her 1/2 with her brother and sister making the deed read something like this: B owns 1/2 and A, C & D own 1/6th of the property. A divorces from B but B will not remove himself from said property and later on A passes away. The property is now owned by B, C & D is it not? Well B thinks he owns it all now.
Can anybody explain Rights of Survivorship? B has a letter from a lawyer stating he now owns the whole property. This cant be true can it? It does not go back to the origional deed written years ago, does it? :confused:

**A: read the current title report and tell us what names are stated on it as titleholders.
 

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