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Kentucky is one of the few states that implement dower and curtesy laws, which are a relic of past U.S. inheritance law policies. That same distinction of rarity applies to its inheritance tax, as ...
A lot of inherited property winds up in probate, which is a complex legal process that evaluates assets and outstanding debt. Probate can be an issue if the deceased doesn’t have a will, but it ...
Tax implications of selling an inherited house. Selling any property for a large profit has the potential to trigger real estate capital gains taxes. However, inherited properties are unique in ...
Heirs Property occurs when a deceased person's heirs or will beneficiaries become owners of property (also known as real property) as tenants in common. [3] When a property is probated, a deceased person either has a will and the property is passed on to the named beneficiary, or a deceased person dies intestate, without a will, and the property could be split among multiple heirs who become ...
In common law jurisdictions, probate is the judicial process whereby a will is "proved" in a court of law and accepted as a valid public document that is the true last testament of the deceased; or whereby, in the absence of a legal will, the estate is settled according to the laws of intestacy that apply in the state where the deceased resided at the time of their death.
The community property concept originated in civil law jurisdictions but is now also found in some common law jurisdictions. U.S. states with community property laws draw primarily from the marital property laws under the civil law of France and Spain. [10] Division of community property may take place by item by splitting all items or by values.
“Ideally, you want to go through a realtor because a realtor will get you a higher price,” said attorney Kevin Goff of Goff Law Firm in Bowling Green, Ky. Selling the property with a real ...
A restraint on alienation, in the law of real property, is a clause used in the conveyance of real property that seeks to prohibit the recipient from selling or otherwise transferring their interest in the property. Under the common law such restraints are void as against the public policy of