Can a majority owner of a home be declared equal owners of the home even if the property is registered in unequal shares?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Knight v. Knight, 2018 ONSC 4027 (CanLII):
In Ajayi v. Oziegbe[5] the court held that despite title to a home being registered in unequal shares, the parties were declared equal owners. The court carefully reviewed the evidence surrounding the purchase of the property and concluded that without the minority owner’s financial assistance, the majority owner could not have purchased the property on her own.
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