Joint tenancy is a way for two or more people to share ownership of a property. It’s a popular choice for couples, family members, or friends who want to ensure that their share of the property passes ...

When it comes to sharing property with another person, there are a few different forms of legal ownership to choose from. Of these, two common shared estate ownership options include joint tenancy and ...

On the other hand, when a joint tenancy owner dies, their ownership interest is extinguished. It just stops. They no longer ...

Question: We want to sell our house and downsize to a townhouse in central Phoenix. In organizing our paperwork with our listing broker, we learned that our deed said that we owned our home as "joint ...

West Virginia is one of many states that does not recognize tenancy by the entirety as a property ownership structure. Married couples in the state can hold property as joint tenants with rights of ...

Zoe and her partner have been together for 20 years and are purchasing their first home — a co-op apartment in New York. Zoe is switching careers to become an artist and won't be contributing to the ...

In a recent decision handed down by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in Grant v. Grant, the court dealt with the effect of a self-conveyance of real property where a mother sought to sever a joint ...