Farm Legal Advice: I'm worried my elderly father's girlfriend will take the farm
If a couple lives together for five years or more, a partner may acquire rights to each other's property.
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My father is in his late seventies, and he has 100 acres and the family home. He is retired from farming now, and the land is rented to a neighbour.
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