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Joint Tenants: Owning Property Together

joint tenants

Many people own a house jointly with their spouse – or partner, friend, or family – often as joint tenants with rights of survivorship (“JTROS”). This means the couple owns the house together equally. If one of them dies the other retains full ownership automatically. The default in NH is to own property as “tenants in common” meaning each person … Read the rest

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