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 How Can Remainder Interest Be Changed from Joint Tenants to Tenants in Common?
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By Harry Margolis
In Long-Term Care Planning, Real Estate
Posted December 20, 2025

How Can Remainder Interest Be Changed from Joint Tenants to Tenants in Common?

Question: In an attempt to find solutions to bypass probate, my husband and I set up a life estate in 2011. Both of our children are the remaindermen, and they hold title as joint tenants on the [...]

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 Am I Protected if My Husband with a Life Estate Dies Before Me?
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By Harry Margolis
In Real Estate
Posted December 1, 2020

Am I Protected if My Husband with a Life Estate Dies Before Me?

Question: My husband and I are both in our mid sixties and his son suggested that we build a house on his property and offered to give my husband a life estate in the property. If my husband dies [...]

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