Q: You’ve written about married couples owning real estate as husband and wife and not as joint tenants. Isn’t that the same thing? Why is it better to own real estate as husband and wife and not ...

Q: Why is it better for married people to own real estate as husband and wife rather than as joint tenants with rights of survivorship. Aren’t they the same thing? A: First, I wrote about this topic a ...

When you’re buying property with another person, it helps to have some protections in place at the outset. Tenancy by the entirety provides several built-in privileges for married couples who buy ...

Married couples have a special way to jointly own property in some states that has advantages over regular joint ownership. If you are married and own property jointly, you should make sure you have ...

West Virginia is one of many states that does not recognize tenancy by the entirety as a property ownership structure. Married couples in the state can hold property as joint tenants with rights of ...

In 'Jimenez v. Jimenez,' the NJ Appellate Division held, for the first time, that New Jersey law prohibits the forced partition and sale of real property owned as tenants by the entirety to satisfy a ...

In our practice, we are often surprised that clients, accountants and many attorneys are not fully familiar with the rights of creditors against property owned by tenants by the entirety. As noted by ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. When you’re buying property with another person, it helps to have some protections in place at the outset. Tenancy by the ...