Just as an estranged spouse may not be informed of a home’s sale, a co-owner may not be informed, either. People will often buy homes with friends or family members. As the decades move on, a co-owner may move out and leave the home to the responsibility of the other owner. However, if the ownership is not legally transferred from the co-owner to a sole-owner, they still have a claim to the property, even decades later.
The second owner may later decide they never wanted the property sold and want their land back, or they may make claim to financial allowances they are owed. Other circumstances may come into play, where a co-owner may have heirs who claim to have rights to the property.