Co-ownership disputes in Lithuania arise when two or more people own one property and stop agreeing on it — heirs living in different countries, former partners, friends who bought together. This page covers those disputes and ending co-ownership (joint or shared ownership) of a flat, a house or land. Lithuanian law calls it bendroji nuosavybė (common ownership); in its usual form, bendroji dalinė nuosavybė, each bendraturtis (co-owner) holds a share, and leaving it is called atidalijimas — separating one's share. Some older lists and lawyer pages call this service “Co-ownership Termination”.
Shares are typical for heirs and for people who bought together; heirs often become co-owners through an inheritance. Spouses usually hold what they acquired during the marriage as bendroji jungtinė nuosavybė — joint property without fixed shares, divided when the marriage ends, which is covered under distribution of marital assets.
The lawyer checks the register entry and the shares, weighs the options with the client, drafts the notice to the other co-owners and the agreement, negotiates a buy-out and represents the client in court where needed — for a co-owner abroad, under a power of attorney. A sale of the whole property is handled as described under property sale, and a gain on the sale can be taxed — see capital gains tax.
Lithuanian law does not tie anyone to common ownership for good; a share can be sold or separated, but how that happens depends on the property and on the other owners.
A flat can rarely be split into two homes, so in practice one owner keeps it and pays the other, or the co-owners agree to sell it.
The law lets the other co-owners ask a court to put them in the buyer's place, within a short time limit, so the matter is urgent.
As a rule, each co-owner in proportion to the share, unless the co-owners agreed otherwise.
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Lawyer · Vilnius, Lithuania
Lawyer · Vilnius, Lithuania
Lawyer · Vilnius, Lithuania
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