If you plan to bequeath immovable property in your Will, be mindful that the process can be complicated. As the owner of immovable property, it must transfer to another person upon your death, either ...

The California Court of Appeal recently reaffirmed that a party’s ownership interest in real property must be clearly established before the party can have standing to bring an action for partition of ...

Q. Is there still a legal option that I can leave my son’s inheritance to him as his sole and separate property? He has been separated from his wife for two and a half years. My son is 60 years old ...

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 ...

In June 2025, a claim circulated online that from January 2026, a new federal law will prohibit children in the U.S. from inheriting their deceased parents' houses. Text over the footage read: "You ...

Although a thoughtful and generous gift from a loved one, inheriting property can stir up many emotions, blending fond memories with the uncertainty of managing an unexpected asset. Deciding whether ...

Learn how Medicaid rules and unrecorded deeds can impact your family property inheritance when your parents enter a nursing home. My elderly parents have been paying their own home-care workers. They ...