A life estate provides a way to split the ownership of an asset and is useful for estate planning purposes. By creating joint ownership of an asset such as a family home, a typical life estate allows ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Due to changes in Medicaid rules, the once-common practice of utilizing a life estate to protect the value of an individual’s residence from long-term care costs, such as a nursing home or assisted ...

A life estate deed is an easy and inexpensive way to protect your primary residence from being subject to Medicaid Estate Recovery upon your death. Per prior articles, your real estate is not a ...