estate property sale fraud Jamaica

Deceased estates that contain real property are particularly vulnerable to fraud during the period between a person’s death and the completion of the probate or letters of administration process. Heirs who sell property before they have legal authority to do so, and fraudsters who exploit family disputes to acquire estate property at below-market prices, create significant title problems for buyers.

Divorcing spouses who attempt to conceal or dissipate property assets before or during matrimonial property proceedings create serious injustice for their partners and legal complications that can take years to unravel. Jamaica’s Property (Rights of Spouses) Act provides important protections, but those protections only work if concealment and fraudulent transfers are detected and challenged promptly.