Difference between revisions of "Tenancies in South Carolina"

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==Creation==
 
==Creation==
 
*SC  Code of Laws Section 27-7-40 "as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, and not as tenants in common"  
 
*SC  Code of Laws Section 27-7-40 "as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, and not as tenants in common"  
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*Smith V. Cutler [https://www.sccourts.org/opinions/displayOpinion.cfm?caseNo=26085]  “for and during their joint lives and upon the death of either of them, then to the survivor of them, his or her heirs and assigns forever in fee simple․”
 
*Smith V. Cutler [https://www.sccourts.org/opinions/displayOpinion.cfm?caseNo=26085]  “for and during their joint lives and upon the death of either of them, then to the survivor of them, his or her heirs and assigns forever in fee simple․”
 
**this is an unseverable joint tenancy and requires both joint tenants to sign
 
**this is an unseverable joint tenancy and requires both joint tenants to sign

Revision as of 15:02, 12 July 2018

Tenancy by the Entirety

Not recognized in South Carolina

Joint Tenants with Right of Survivorship

Creation

  • SC Code of Laws Section 27-7-40 "as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, and not as tenants in common"

OR

  • Smith V. Cutler [1] “for and during their joint lives and upon the death of either of them, then to the survivor of them, his or her heirs and assigns forever in fee simple․”
    • this is an unseverable joint tenancy and requires both joint tenants to sign

Tenancy in Common

Default, presumed if JTROS is not delineated