If You Had to Advise an Unmarried Couple How Best

question 9

Multiple Choice

If you had to advise an unmarried couple how best to protect their claims to their shared home, which of the following actions would you suggest they take?

• A) Make sure they have both contributed to the purchase price of the property
• B) Make a written declaration of trust
• C) Make sure that both of their names appear on the legal title to the home
• D) Rely on mutual assurances that each will be entitled to the property if the relationship breaks down between them.

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