Key steps, taxes and family considerations of inherited property.

When families gather for the holidays this year, there may be a new topic of discussion. The California Heirs Property Partition Act went into effect Jan. 1, 2022. The act affects any property in ...

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 ...

If you never pick heirs, state laws—not your wishes—decide where your money goes. Learn how to protect assets and prevent ...

The Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act was supposed to be a strong dose of medicine for the ills of heirs’ property — jointly owned land with multiple heirs not documented in wills or deedbooks, ...

Even if your estate plan is in order, it won’t be of much help to your heirs if they can’t locate important documents when you’re no longer around. Organizing your financial and estate-planning ...

The Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation received a $300,000 grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation, the Center announced on April 6. The grant money, dispersed over the next two years, will support ...

My parents bought an Anaheim home in 1963 when the family moved from a Los Angeles apartment. They used Dad’s VA benefits to buy a three-bedroom, one-a-half-bath home just west of Disneyland, paying ...

The Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation is conducting a two-day event at the Shady Grove United Methodist Church in St. George on July 12 and 13 hosted by the board of directors of the Shady Grove ...