Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

I’m trying to determine the value of an interest in real estate in a complicated scenario. The original owner died without a will. He had been married two times, and his second wife is selling ...

A life estate provides a way to split the ownership of an asset and is useful for estate planning purposes. By creating joint ownership of an asset such as a family home, a typical life estate allows ...

I’m looking for help interpreting a life estate clause in a 2019 deed. It says: “Reserving to Louise a life estate in the above-said premises during the remainder of her lifetime and to receive her ...

Dear Monty: My mom put her house in my name and kept a life estate on it. She moved out several years later into an assisted living facility. She now claims the house still belongs to her. Did her ...

Conveyance involves the legal transfer of property ownership through conveyance documents. Common types include fee interest, leasehold interest, life estate interest, easement interest, and license ...