Category: Life Estate
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Understanding Life Estate Deeds: Benefits and Drawbacks
It’s possible to deed your property into a co-ownership with the person who will receive your home after your life. Perhaps you plan to leave your house to an adult child, or even a friend. A life estate deed is one option. It keeps you in your home for life. After your life, your home bypasses probate,…
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The Life Estate Deed
Does It Fit Into Your Estate Planning? Have you thought about transferring your home into a co-ownership, so the person you’d like to have your home certainly will have it after you pass away? Whether you want to leave your house to an adult child or children, or to another relative or friend, a life…
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What is a Life Estate?
You may know of someone with “life rights” to a property. They are known as life tenants, and the persons involved have the right to occupy and use their property for the rest of their lives. This is known as a life estate. While they enjoy the benefits of the property that any owner would,…
