Question: Can the Section 121 $250,000 capital gains tax exclusion apply when home is the remainderman’s principal residence? The property is in a life estate and both the life tenant and the [...]

Question: My husband and I have a home in Florida and the deed is registered so that we have a life interest and our two daughters have a remainder interest. I thought we could just use the [...]

Question: My mother’s house burned down and she and my brother mismanaged the insurance money, so it wasn’t rebuilt. My fiancee and I would like to rebuild it. We’ve talked with [...]

Question: You mentioned life estates in one of your answers and how they relate to Medicaid. I’ve also heard about life estates with powers, which do not have all the limitations of life [...]

Question: In your article “What Happens to Capital Gain when Joint Owner of Life Estate Dies?” what table issued by the IRS was used to determine that 8% of the proceeds should go to [...]

Question: My husband’s parents have a life estate….father passed away, mother recently moved to a nursing home. Siblings want to sell house. Is this possible without the life use [...]

Question: My mom has a life estate. She may have to go into a nursing home. I need to sell her home. I have P.O.A.  My brother and I are also on the deed and my brother has passed away.The bank [...]

Question: My mother-in-law has been given approximately six months to a year to live and would like to pass the house to my husband, her only child, and avoid probate. Would a life estate deed [...]

Question: My mother has a life estate in her home through a Lady Bird deed. It is her desire that the house go to me, her only child. I am also her agent under her durable power of attorney. If [...]