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I would be very grateful if anyone could advise me in relation to my following situation: I have lived in my Family Home for the last 15 years and the first ten years were spent living there with my late parents, who both passed away five years ago. Whilst my parents were alive, I contributed to the upkeep of the Home and left my permanent job to care for my mother who was terminally ill on a full-time basis. My father who was also terminally ill, was in hospital and never came back home. My sister has lived abroad since 1985 and was not prepared to help care for my mother, as she wanted to focus on her career. She went back to Italy, safe in the knowledge that our mother was being looked after by me. This year, she took legal action against me through a Solicitor in relation to her half of the Family Home. I applied to my Bank for a mortgage but of course, as I am unemployed, they refused me. My sister's Solicitor stated that if I didn't agree to the Family Home being put on the Market, they would start Court proceedings and I would have to pay for the Court Proceedings. I have had to agree to my Home being put on the Market and it breaks my heart. Our late parents left the Family Home to both of us. Do I have any entitlements at all over my sister as I am an Irish Taxpayer, until I was unemployed, a year and a half ago, and have resided here for the past fifteen years, whereas, my sister hasn't lived here since 1985 and is employed by a UK company.
I would be very grateful if anyone could advise me in relation to my following situation: I have lived in my Family Home for the last 15 years and the first ten years were spent living there with my late parents, who both passed away five years ago. Whilst my parents were alive, I contributed to the upkeep of the Home and left my permanent job to care for my mother who was terminally ill on a full-time basis. My father who was also terminally ill, was in hospital and never came back home. My sister has lived abroad since 1985 and was not prepared to help care for my mother, as she wanted to focus on her career. She went back to Italy, safe in the knowledge that our mother was being looked after by me. This year, she took legal action against me through a Solicitor in relation to her half of the Family Home. I applied to my Bank for a mortgage but of course, as I am unemployed, they refused me. My sister's Solicitor stated that if I didn't agree to the Family Home being put on the Market, they would start Court proceedings and I would have to pay for the Court Proceedings. I have had to agree to my Home being put on the Market and it breaks my heart. Our late parents left the Family Home to both of us. Do I have any entitlements at all over my sister as I am an Irish Taxpayer, until I was unemployed, a year and a half ago, and have resided here for the past fifteen years, whereas, my sister hasn't lived here since 1985 and is employed by a UK company.