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Severance: deceased property

Language: English Series: Estates Gazette Case Summaries ; 1994 EGCS 8(1) 5/2/94Publication details: 1994Subject(s): Summary: "Hunter v Babbage" ChD 21 January 1994, held that a joint tenancy on a matrimonial house had been severed by a draft property adjustment order made in December 1989, even though the husband had died before the consent order had been finalised. Therefore half the net proceeds of sale belonged to the husband`s estate.

"Hunter v Babbage" ChD 21 January 1994, held that a joint tenancy on a matrimonial house had been severed by a draft property adjustment order made in December 1989, even though the husband had died before the consent order had been finalised. Therefore half the net proceeds of sale belonged to the husband`s estate.