What are a life tenant’s rights?
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What are a life tenant’s rights?
My mother owns 2 homes in 2 different states. She has verbally expressed to my siblings and I that she would like these homes made available for lifetime use for her “significant other” should she pass first. As a life tenant, if the time comes that he needs to be put in a nursing home will we be allowed to sell the homes, or will his children have the rights as his guardian to take over the homes until his death? Is this something she needs to have written in her Will or is a verbal agreement with all of us enough?
Asked on August 12, 2012 under Estate Planning, Florida
Answers:
david slater / david p.slater, esq.
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
A life tenancy can be established by will or deed. If the tenant does not use it or cannot use it, it is abandoned. His children have no rights.
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