Posted by John Merchant on February 28, 2007 at 22:03:20:
JTWROS stands for Joint Tenancy with Right of Survival…which it sounds like you’ve got.
These aren’t immensely popular and are problematic, so I’d suggest your friend make contact with the other person and agree to re-deed the house to both as co-owners, W/O the survival provision…or have one of them agree to buy out the other for some mutually agreeable sum.
If your friend has a lawyer or RE Agent, that person might handle the contact and negotiation so your friend wouldn’t have to deal with his hostile co-owner personally.