TSEM6306 - Legal Background to Trusts and Estates: Joint tenants
Where joint tenants hold land none own a fractional share. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýappy all own the whole. When a joint tenant dies nothing passes to his personal representatives as part of his estate. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp land is owned by the surviving tenant(s).
For CGT purposes, when the property is sold, each tenant is entitled to an equal share of the proceeds (CG70520 � CG70525).
It is possible to sever a joint tenancy and create a tenancy in common.