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Ex Owns Half

  In divorce papers, me and my ex husband each own 50% of our house. It was agreed upon that I would occupy the house. In the event that I ever sale the house, my ex husband would get 50% of the money the house sold for. What would happen to his 50% ownership in the event of his death?
 
  Now that you are divorced, the "right of survivorship" you may have had as married co-owners is probably gone, and it's most likely that your ex's share would go to his heirs.  Your own lawyer is the one to explain whether some other arrangement was made at the time of the divorce.
    Edith
Originally published on October 12, 2007
 
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