Farm Legal Advice: Can my brother's unmarried partner make a claim on the farm?
Qualified co-habitants who break up may now apply to the courts for various financial reliefs.
6 Months for €18.50
185 OFFERDear Karen,
I am writing to you as I am concerned about my brother. He is 42 years of age and a bachelor. He has never had many girlfriends and now he has befriended a woman who has moved in with him. My brother is a little bit innocent and could easily be taken advantage of. My parents gifted the farm to him a few years ago and they are not too keen on her. I am just wondering, in the event they break up or my brother dies, can she make some entitlement over the farm and the farmhouse? What would her rights be?
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