My father died 14 years ago without leaving a will. My mother is still living in their bungalow and may need to go into care soon. Am I entitled to my father’s half of the bungalow if my mother has to go into care? And how would I claim that half?
You will need to check details of your parents’ ownership of the property. If they owned the bungalow as beneficial joint tenants – the most common type of ownership – then your father’s share will have automatically passed to your mother by survivorship when he died. So your mother will now own it outright. But if your father owned the property in his sole name, or your parents held equal shares, you may have inherited a share under the intestacy rules. If you need help with this see a solicitor.