Real estate/property ownership question.
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Real estate/property ownership question.
if a person owns a property, his name is the only name on the deed and he rents the property out, listing his fiance’ as co-manager of the property and she signs a receipt for rent paid, does that give her the right to fight the landlord/owner for control of the property?
Asked on July 5, 2009 under Real Estate Law, Texas
Answers:
J.M.A., Member in Good Standing of the Connecticut Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 15 years ago | Contributor
I am a lawyer in CT and practice in this ara of the law. The fiance is simply acting as the agent for the owner and has no ownership rights whatsoever. The fiance also has no say and does not have any rights to control the property superior to the owner. The fiance must abide by the terms the owner designates. If the owner wants to remove the fiance from the real estate operation altogether he may do so at any time and be free of her forever.
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