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‘He has never paid rent or utilities:’ Do I have the legal and moral authority to charge my brother rent to live in our family home?

Quentin Fottrell
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The Moneyist

‘My brother has been living there while my father was alive — and still is. He did not pay any rent or utilities’

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“Can the utilities be shut off so he would need to have them put in his name?” Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto

Dear Quentin,

I will be inheriting my parents’ house along with my two other siblings. My brother has been living there while my father was alive — and still is. He has never paid rent or utilities.