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Facts are that Spouse 1 and Spouse 2 purchased real estate together as joint tenants with right of survivorship. Normally, when 2 people own real estate (or any other asset) as joint tenants, when 1 owner dies, the surviving owner becomes the sole owner of the property or asset by virtue of surviving the deceased […]

I regularly receive calls from clients who are the children or grandchildren of long ago deceased parents or grandparents who owned and remain the title owners of real estate, usually farm land or undeveloped lots at or near a lake. My clients seek to establish clean title to the real estate, usually in order to […]

The Kansas Revisor of Statutes is considering adopting the UPHPA. The Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act (UPHPA) helps preserve family wealth passed to the next generation in the form of real property. Affluent families can engage in sophisticated estate planning to ensure generational wealth, but those with smaller estates are more likely to use […]