A recently issued opinion by the U. S Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Mexico provides some guidance on the relevant date for the transfer of real property for purposes of the statute of ...

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When you buy or sell a home, you'll encounter a stack of paperwork at closing. This includes the deed to the property, which is used to transfer ownership to the new owner. The most commonly used ...

A Transfer on Death Deed (TOD) is an instrument used to transfer ownership of real property at a later date – after the death of the record owner. It can be an effective tool in estate planning, thus ...

Avoiding probate is often an important goal for many estate planning clients. Probate is the court-supervised process of administering a deceased person’s estate and transferring their property at ...

Q: I am considering doing a transfer-on-death deed to avoid costly probate for my children. Is this wise and safe to do? Would my heirs be assured that the house will not have to go through probate ...

The Transfer on Death Deed is an extremely powerful yet relatively simple estate planning tool available to individuals who own real property in Wisconsin. Everyone who owns real property in Wisconsin ...

With a majority of states allowing a TOD deed, the Pennsylvania and New Jersey legislatures should consider passing a similar type of statute to benefit those owning real estate in their states. New ...

As a 70-year-old single person residing in Kentucky I ask why our commonwealth does not yet have a Transfer on Death Deed law unlike 30 other states and Washington D.C. Every time I read the published ...

Q: I am an 81-year-old divorced, retired educator. I have a will and advance directive which were drawn up by an attorney who is now deceased. I would like to get a Transfer on Death Deed to pass my ...