Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Virginia

Couples who live together property rights

If you live together (a man and a wowmen engaged to be married) And all of the deeds and loans and bills are in the mans name and the man puts all the money down on the purchase of the house pays the mortage and taxes and pays for most of all the property in the house and the women lives there just paying the utilities but nothing else.If you were to break up the relationship is the womwen entitled to anything dealing with the home our its contents?


Asked on 7/26/02, 6:56 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Re: Couples who live together property rights

The woman would be entitled to those contents of the house which she owns, known as personalty

in the language of the law, and nothing else.

Read more
Answered on 7/27/02, 12:00 pm


Related Questions & Answers

More Real Estate and Real Property questions and answers in Virginia