Legal advice: 'My father's new partner has moved into my farmhouse - can she claim rights to my property?'

"My understanding is my father has the right of residence, but I certainly never agreed that someone else could move onto the property. Dear Mary Frances, I read some recent advice you gave on rights of residence, and it has prompted me to write to you. Several years ago, after my mother passed away, the farm was transferred into my name. As part of that arrangement, my father kept what I understood to be a right of residence in the farmhouse."

"My understanding is my father has the right of residence, but I certainly never agreed that someone else could move onto the property."

The farm title was transferred into the child’s name after the mother’s death while the father retained a right of residence in the farmhouse. The owner states that no agreement was made allowing anyone else to move onto the property. A right of residence typically grants only the named person the personal entitlement to occupy the dwelling and does not automatically create rights for others. Determination depends on the written terms of the residence right and applicable law. Remedies may include negotiation, clarification of the residence terms, or legal action to remove unauthorized occupants.

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