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annie988898

Junior Member
I have a new question and the case scenario is in the second paragraph. The sister is entitled to 50% of the ownership since the deed did not specify the percentage, so she should get $250K. My uncle is the only one who is on the mortgage and single-handedly paid off everything. So 20 years of expenses are about $540K in total. $80K(property tax)+$50K(maintenance)+$200K(mortgage principal)+$200K(mortgage interest expenses)+$10K(homeowner insurance). I have not included utilities. So does that mean that the sister should pay my uncle 50% of the $540K, which is $270K? And she ended up with nothing and owed $20K? Is the court going to handle the case like this? also if the sister's share would be one half of the home's current fair market value less an approximate 10% for having a fractionalized interest. What does the 10% fractional interest reduction mean?

My uncle bought a house in 20 years ago for $230,000 and his sister paid $11,000 to help with the down payment, so she was put on the deed. She has not paid a penny ever since and she occupies a bedroom with her stuff even though she never lives in the house. Now the house is worth about $500,000. She wants $100,000 to go back to Hong Kong. My uncle was really shock and disheartened by this.
 


ecmst12

Senior Member
Don't start multiple threads about the same situation. Keep all of your questions in the original thread.
 

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