Assets are typically only subject to the terms of a trust — and within the trustee’s control and authority — if they are owned by the trust. Assets need to be transferred to a trust in a legally precise way for the transfer to be effective. For instance, an actual deed conveying ownership must be…
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Real Estate Litigation & Disputes
One of the most common types of real estate disputes (if not the most common) are disputes centered on competing claims of partial or complete ownership of real estate. These problems can arise from a myriad of circumstances, like problems with un-recorded deeds, titling errors, uncertain beneficiaries, challenges to the validity of a deed, etc….