This kind of agreement can be a great tool to help set out who owns what and in what proportions. It can cover items you own separately as well as things you own jointly. LTAs can be designed to allow for the inclusion of assets you may acquire during your relationship. They also allow you to specify who gets what if the relationship breaks down. It can also deal with how children will be supported and housed etc, and allow you to record how day-to-day finances will be split, right down to the finer details of mortgage and utilities.
LTAs, BOMAD and guarantor mortgages
Drafting a Living Together Agreement (LTA) is the perfect opportunity for you and your partner to discuss and record any third-party contribution made towards your property ownership – for example, a family loan, a gifted deposit, a guarantor mortgage or a Help to Buy scheme – and how it will be dealt with on relationship breakdown.
Despite what people may believe, as a cohabiting couple you do not have the same rights as you get through being married. Therefore the agreement can be used to protect funds but also to make sure that the correct provision is available for each of you and any children too.
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If you are part of a cohabiting couple and are thinking about a property purchase, or if you are a parent offering to assist a cohabiting child financially, contact Wellers’ property and family law solicitors today for advice in relation to a family loan, offset mortgage, Bank of Mum and Dad purchase or other legal aspect of home ownership.
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