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expattecuador
Joined 2020
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3 years ago

40 year old inheritance

3 years ago

I understand that due to the local Ecuador property/inheritance laws a child is automatically listed as inheriting a percentage of a property when 1 parent dies. Question assumes the following:
- the other surviving parent (surviving owner/seller) has cared for the property for the past 40 years as the sole owner of the property
- this surviving parent wants to sell the property but realized that it has a surviving child's name also listed on the property deed/paperwork,
- that child has not spoken to the surviving parent for over 40 years, and has not lived in Ecuador for over 40 years and can not be located/contacted as their whereabouts are unknown and they live outside and have never claimed ownership to the property

Question is: can the parent/owner claim the child has abandoned their percentage ownership to the property, (as they can not be located and have not been in Ecuador for over 40 years) and can the parent get the child's name off the property so it can be sold?

Thank you for your info!

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