- Key issue:
- Stamp duty rules
- Case study:
- Rules
- Date:
- 2004-04-12
- Mortgage amount:
- Various
Outcome
First time buyer status for separated spouse leaving family home
Detail
Where a marriage has broken down and one partner leaves the family home (with the other party to the marriage remaining in the family home)and buys a new or second hand residence,the party leaving will be treated as a first time buyer for stamp duty purposes .