This was a follow-up question on another thread, but it never received an answer from any of the Dominican lawyers on the forum, so I'm posting it again. (I'm wondering if this situation is enforced differently in different regions of the country which could be why something that is obvious by Canadian or US law is difficult to answer in the DR.)
Here's the situation:
A Dominican husband and wife buy property and have children together. Only the husband's name is on the title of the property.
The wife dies.
Does the husband (widower) have the right to sell all of the property that he shared with his wife (as is the case in the US and Canada), or can the husband (widower) only sell half of the property because the other half is actually owned by his children?
I believe this question is of sufficiently general nature to be of interest to this forum.
Thanks.
Kevin
Here's the situation:
A Dominican husband and wife buy property and have children together. Only the husband's name is on the title of the property.
The wife dies.
Does the husband (widower) have the right to sell all of the property that he shared with his wife (as is the case in the US and Canada), or can the husband (widower) only sell half of the property because the other half is actually owned by his children?
I believe this question is of sufficiently general nature to be of interest to this forum.
Thanks.
Kevin