Family Owned Real Estate: Legal Challenges & Opportunities
Once Removed Episode 21: Passing Down the “Family Cottage” or Other Legacy Property
War of the Rosas
Today, Wachet Auf is possibly Bach’s best known cantata. It has been frequently used in movies and television, ranging from Mr. Holland’s Opus to Mad Men (in the episode Three Sundays) to Win Ben Stein’s Money. In real...more
If a Buyer breaches an Agreement of Sale and refuses to buy the property, can the Seller seek specific performance as a remedy? A 2019 Superior Court decision concluded yes....more
A person who executes a valid agreement to make a testamentary disposition as to a specific item of property is precluded from making an alternative disposition, either during lifetime or upon death. ...more
In Kaptchinskie v. Estate of Kirchner, the purchasers of property sued an estate to establish that the estate’s claim under a note was extinguished by the statute of limitations. No. 14-15-01080-CV, 2017 Tex. App. LEXIS 7012...more
As the seller of real property, you might have heard: “Don’t worry, that warranty won’t survive the closing.” Or, you may have assumed that because the purchase agreement stated that certain representations and warranties did...more