Asheville, NC asked in Elder Law for North Carolina

Q: Can a personproperty taken away by a lover

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A: Legally? No. Property can be conveyed in only one of 2 ways: either by a gift between people who are living or a person can give away property by will or trust upon their death.

Anything else would meet the definition of theft (theft occurs when you take property owned by someone else with the intent to deprive them of it) if the lover takes it. If the lover uses the property with permission, that is a license to use the property only; the lover acquires no ownership interest with a license or permission.

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