Min Lee's first seven! Fans held an event "Singing and Flowers Presenting" to commemorate the event. Lawyer Li Yusheng explains the legal issues related to the longevity deed and its impact on estate arrangements.

Mirror News Reporters｜Huang Rourong, Hong Weitao

News link:https://www.mnews.tw/story/20230711sot18018

Artist Coco Lee passed away on July 5. Today (7/11) is her seventh birthday. Fans in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan held memorial events for her, and many artists also came to sing! However, it is now rumored that Coco Lee's husband, Bruce, is trying to fight for her inheritance; and according to Hong Kong media reports, five of the seven properties owned by Coco Lee have signed "longevity contracts", that is, shared with her mother or sister. Holding, according to Hong Kong law, these properties will be directly inherited by the mother and sister.

Lawyer Li Yusheng explains relevant legal issues
In countries with common law systems, there is the so-called Joint tenancy system. According to this system, assuming that a real estate property is held in so-called joint tenancy, when one joint tenant dies, his interest will automatically be transferred to the other surviving joint tenants. Co-owner. If there are only two joint tenants originally, the surviving joint tenant becomes the sole owner of the property. If there are more than two joint tenants, the deceased's interest will be divided equally among the remaining joint tenants. This feature is called "right of survivorship", commonly known as "longevity deed", which means that as long as the joint tenants live, they will always have the interest. Such a system does not exist in Taiwan.

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