Co-ownership and death: Where do I stand? 

Legal advice for farmers 

It is prudent to put a co-ownership agreement in place and also to put wills in place when buying a property with a person you are not married to. Picture: iStock

Dear Karen, 

I bought a property in 2015 with my then girlfriend. Two years later we split up and we came to an agreement that she would stay in the house and on that basis she would discharge the mortgage as I had to rent elsewhere.