Real Estate & Property Law

LOUISVILLE: "Amnesty offered for illegal homestead exemptions"
From the Courier Journal: Amnesty offered for illegal homestead exemptions Read Comments(15) Recommend Jefferson County property owners who are claiming homestead exemptions to which they are not entitled, either wittingly or unwittingly, can drop the deduction without penalty through July 31...

How to trandfer property and keep your Homestead Exemption and SOH Intact
Are there other ways of transferring my property for estate planning that will not disturb my Homestead Exemption or SOH Cap? Two methods of transferring your property will, in most cases, keep your Homestead Exemption and SOH intact: reserve a Life Estate for yourself or transfer your property to your trust...

Communication-Related Errors Are the Most Common Cause of Real Estate Claims
Real estate law accounts for the second highest number of legal malpractice claims in Ontario, after civil litigation. But real estate law is responsible for a higher percentage of claims costs than litigation ? and the trends are up for both the count and cost of real estate claims...

Homestead Exemptions if Youre Livin in a Van Down by the River
When you file bankruptcy, you claim “exemptions” in property you wish to keep free of any claims of the bankruptcy trustee.  And the “homestead” exemption–the exemption used to protect your home–is the most important exemption for many debtors...

HOMESTEAD & PROPERTY THE DECEDENT NEVER LIVED IN [FLORIDA]
Florida?s Constitution provisions in regard to homestead can at times override a disposition of real property that is otherwise provided for in a decedent?s estate planning documents...

"SAVE OUR HOMES" PORTABILITY DEADLINES [FLORIDA]
On January 29, 2008, Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment that allows owners of Florida homesteads to transfer all or a part of their Save Our Homes homestead exemption caps from an old homestead to a new homestead...

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alleged violations of Texas labor laws including overtime pay, discrimination and harassment.

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