Idaho Supreme Court overturns ruling granting ex-partner 50% property ownership

An Idaho man who says he paid the entire purchase price and covered every expense of a property bought with his former partner has been caught up in a legal battle over its ownership. After their relationship ended in 2020, his former partner transferred her interest in the property to a California nonprofit organisation, only for it to be transferred back to her several weeks later.

The dispute reached the Idaho Supreme Court, which overturned a lower court's decision awarding the woman a 50 per cent share and ordering the property to be sold. The case has now been sent back for further proceedings.Who paid for the Idaho property before the couple's breakupPaul Martin Bedell and Joanne Parsons were in a romantic relationship between 2007 and 2020.

They were never married and lived together for much of their relationship at Parsons' home in California. According to the Idaho Supreme Court judgment, Bedell contributed towards the utilities, maintenance and other household expenses while living there, but did not pay rent or a mortgage.