Decedents' Estates

Future Interests

 

FUTURE INTERESTS

Future interests in wills, trusts...

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Illinois Judgments, Mortgages and Survivorship

In Illinois, a mortgage lien executed by less than all joint tenants does not sever joint tenancy, and if the joint tenant who executed the mortgage dies, then the surviving tenant becomes sole...

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In re Estate of LaPlume (IL)

Summary: Probate courts have discretion to order the sale of real property free and clear of all liens, under 755 ILCS 5/20-6(b), if such a sale is necessary for the proper...

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In re Estate of Rupley (IN)

Summary: Transfer on Death Property Act applies retroactively to promissory note that contained a transfer on death provision.

 

In re Estate of Rupley, 18...

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In re Estate of Stevens (WI)

Summary: The circuit court properly exercised its discretion under Wis. Stat. § 860.13 by approving a sale of real property owned by an estate to one of the estate’s personal...

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Life Estates

 

UNTIL DEATH DO US PART: LIFE ESTATES

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Mental Competence

Mental Competence


A common problem in smaller...

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Mortgage Foreclosures and Deceased Mortgagors

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Pereira v. Pereira (IN)

 

Summary: Will construction favors vesting of estates as early as possible, in the absence of a clear manifestation of the contrary intention.

 

Pereira...

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Personal Representatives for Deceased Mortgagors in Foreclosure

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