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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">I think title insurers would not be willing to insure that as a Joint Tenancy. By statute the conveyance must show a clear intent to create a Joint Tenancy, and this deed declares it to be both
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Gerald Sprute<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 15, 2025 1:12 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Deed - Joint Tenants or Tenants in Common?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Looking for opinions regarding a DIY Deed that I’ve run across in a client’s estate plan. Unmarried (and unregistered) couple. He passed, she is surviving.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">They own the home as “tenants in common with full rights of survivorship”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So is this JTWROS, or is it Tenants in Common? Intent was joint tenants. I’m hoping we don’t have to start a probate to transfer the home to the survivor.
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