Owning real estate seems fairly straightforward. But depending on where the property is located, ownership can mean a few different things. While it's not common everywhere, some states are known to ...

Is your assignment to determine the intent of the parties in a document? Consider it as a whole; don’t cherry pick phrases and read them in isolation. I doesn’t matter whether you are issuing checks ...

A fee simple defeasible estate is a type of property ownership in which the owner holds title to the property with specific conditions or limitations. Fee simple defeasible estates are common in real ...

Fee simple absolute is a type of property ownership that grants the owner full rights to use, sell, lease, or transfer the ...

Fee simple versus Leasehold. Do you know the difference? It’s important when considering the purchase of property to know what these terms mean. It can affect your investment, the property value, and ...

In In re Estate of Hernandez, the issue in the case was whether clauses in a will conveyed a life estate to the decedent’s husband. No. 05-16-01350-CV, 2018 Tex. App. LEXIS 755 (Tex. App.—Dallas ...