(logo) Attorneys' Title Guaranty Fund Inc.

Transfer on Death Designations and Title to Real Estate

Various methods exist to transfer property outside probate upon one's death. Typically, nonprobate transfers take three basic forms: (1) a contract with a third party that directs the third party to distribute the asset to a designated beneficiary on the death of the owner; (2) a title that contains a right of survivorship and also gives the beneficiary current property rights when the owner adds the beneficiary to the title; and (3) a trust...

Other Articles
Last Issue of the ATG concept
ATG Supports Habitat for Humanity

Casenotes
Illinois:

Decedents' Estates: In re Phelan

Tax Deeds; Condominiums: In re Application of the County Treasurer

Indiana:

Covenants: Beineke v Chemical Waste Management of Indiana, LLC

Licenses: Hay v Baumgartner

Real Estate Contracts: Hastetter v Fetter Properties, LLC

Wisconsin:

Prescriptive Easements: Williams v American Transmission Company, LLC

= of particular importance