if land purchased in 1992 paid for in 2001 had two owners not married and one passes away after being married to someone other than the seco...

Question

if land purchased in 1992 paid for in 2001 had two owners not married and one passes away after being married to someone other than the second owner after land was paid for does the spouse of the owner that passed away have a claim to the land this is in north carolina

Answer

it depends on how the property was owned. If the joint owners reserved the right to survivorship in their deed, then the other joint owner keeps it all. If they did not reserve the right of survivorship, then the spouse has a claim.