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Life Estate

Post by echooo23 » Wed Dec 12, 2012 12:51 pm

Can a life estate be measured by the "life" of a business/church/college/other non-human? For example, to Clown College for its life?

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Re: Life Estate

Post by dingbat » Wed Dec 12, 2012 1:04 pm

echooo23 wrote:Can a life estate be measured by the "life" of a business/church/college/other non-human? For example, to Clown College for its life?
Just put it in a trust

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Re: Life Estate

Post by cinephile » Wed Dec 12, 2012 1:20 pm

echooo23 wrote:Can a life estate be measured by the "life" of a business/church/college/other non-human? For example, to Clown College for its life?
No.

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Re: Life Estate

Post by echooo23 » Wed Dec 12, 2012 2:27 pm

Thank you!

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Re: Life Estate

Post by LetsGoLAW » Wed Dec 12, 2012 5:06 pm

Nope, just people. Furthermore, you cannot measure it by a large population. It cannot be for the life of the entire Chinese population.

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Re: Life Estate

Post by echooo23 » Thu Dec 13, 2012 11:54 am

Thank you! One follow up question: since "to Clown College for its life" has no other constructional language that could be used to argue for another estate, does that mean the conveyance is just void?

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Re: Life Estate

Post by History_Buff » Thu Dec 13, 2012 1:25 pm

echooo23 wrote:Thank you! One follow up question: since "to Clown College for its life" has no other constructional language that could be used to argue for another estate, does that mean the conveyance is just void?
Yep. A better way to convey it would be in Fee Simple Defeasible. To Clown College so long as the land is used for clown training.

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Re: Life Estate

Post by pifhib2 » Fri Dec 14, 2012 12:40 am

History_Buff wrote: Yep. A better way to convey it would be in Fee Simple Defeasible. To Clown College so long as the land is used for clown training.
Yup. In those cases though, make sure to analyze what 'clown training' is. Is it the storage of seltzer water and wigs? Or must clowns actually practice fitting into miniature cars at the site?

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