inheriting property.

[mrspask]

If parents of children die without leaving a will,wll the house they owned be classed as left "Jointly" now owned by their children,or owned "In Common"by them?

[quito48]

It's not about the house, its about the "estate". The estate will be distributed according to the intestacy rules.

[plautus]

If I remember correctly a joint tenancy is automatically severed on the death of the joint tenants. Doesn't really matter anyway, as any joint tenant can sever the joint tenancy at any time and create a tenancy in common.

[dzug2]

The house will be owned (in trust) by the administrators of the estates (plural), assuming they both died together and that it didn't pass to the survivor under a joint tenancy.

They can decide when passing it to the children as to whether it's joint or common.