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Why a woman regrets naming her daughter as co-owner of her 26 properties

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The wealthy property investor ended up incurring substantial legal costs in the High Court to reclaim her real estate when the daughter claimed she had equal stakes in all her mother’s investment homes.

The wealthy property investor ended up incurring substantial legal costs in the High Court to reclaim her real estate when the daughter claimed she had equal stakes in all her mother’s investment homes.

ST ILLUSTRATION: CHNG CHOON HIONG

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If you have no intention of sharing your property, you should think twice about including a relative as a co-owner, as a woman who made such a mistake, not once or twice but 26 times, found out.

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