If the property deed is in both names, can one party leave their share to someone else?
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If the property deed is in both names, can one party leave their share to someone else?
What about the items needed to take care of the house, will they stay with the house?
Asked on October 20, 2012 under Family Law, Indiana
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Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
Absent a written agreement to the contrary between the joint owners of the property that you have written about, each can sell or give their ownership interest in the property to another person if they choose to do so.
As to items needed to take care of the house, such need to be described in your question as to what they are for an answer to be given to that inquiry. If such items are fixtures, they remain with the home absent an agreement to the contrary.
If the items are not fixtures, the person who owns them can do what they wish to unless such items are jointly owned.
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