Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has warned crofters to make arrangements for their croft succession without delay. The warning follows the experience of a member who was threatened with the loss of his croft to fund the residential care costs of his elderly mother. Although the crofter had worked the croft for over twenty years and it was an important part of his livelihood, it remained in his mother’s name until a year before she went into care. The family had not arranged an assignation until then, and did not see the need to do so as their mother’s will made clear her intentions. The local authority claimed that, despite the assignation, the croft was the lady’s financial asset for the purposes of assessing her liability for care home charges.
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