“Vest Pocket” Deed Is Valid to Transfer Family Farmland
OCTOBER 25, 2010 VOLUME 17 NUMBER 33 It has been a while since we wrote about “vest pocket” deeds. That reflects the reality that they are more common in fiction and mythology than in the real world of legal proceedings, but they occasionally do crop up. The problems of validity and effect can involve lawyers […]
Pre-Death Transfers By Two Seniors Invalidated As Frauds
NOVEMBER 24, 1997 VOLUME 5, NUMBER 21 Two recent cases, from the courts of Wisconsin and Tennessee, set aside transfers of property made by seniors prior to their deaths. While the circumstances are different, the two cases illustrate some of the typical motivations for gifts to children, as well as the possible effects of such […]