Montana Termination of Joint Tenancy Statement of Acknowledgement
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You can apply to court to change your ex-partner's tenancy to your name, or remove their name from a joint tenancy. You can apply for a 'transfer of tenancy' if: your landlord refuses to change your tenancy. your tenancy doesn't allow a transfer.
The deed specifies that the joint tenants own an equal amount of interest in the purchased property and are thus equally liable for it financially. Since the joint tenants have equal interest, the property cannot be sold without all parties' consent.
This is known as 'Severing the Joint Tenancy'. It requires service of a written notice of change the 'severance'. It can be done without the other owner's cooperation or agreement. It is recorded at the Land Registry, and the other owner will know it has been done but only 'after the event' so to speak.
What is Severance of the Joint Tenancy?The effect of severing the joint tenancy is that the property will continue to be held by the parties in their joint names, but instead of the parties owning the property as joint tenants in equal shares, they will own the property as Tenants in Common in equal shares.
