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A life estate is created when a property holder transfers ownership of the property to someone else and retains the right to live on the property and the income from it. The new owner of the property is referred to as the remainder person.

In community property states like Wisconsin, married couples are allowed to have property as survivorship marital property or community property with right of survivorship. What this means is, if one spouse passes away the remaining spouse is to receive the dead spouse's' half of the marital property.

In addition, life estates allow the owner to control the property in all respects, except that they cannot sell or mortgage the property without the consent of their heirs. If created in a timely manner, a life estate can even help its creator qualify for Medicaid assistance.

(1) Unity of time - the joint tenants must acquire the proper- ty at the same time. (2) Unity of title - the joint tenants must acquire their estate through the same source and legal act. (3) Unity of interest - each tenant must have exactly the same quantity of interest and estate.

For information regarding a specific legal issue affecting you, please contact an attorney in your area. Adoption records are removed from public review after finalizing an adoption in almost all states. However, most states have procedures allowing adoptees to obtain adoption information.

Adoption files are confidential. You cannot see an adoption file without an order of the court. To ask for a Court order, submit a Petition on Pleading Paper or Local Form L-1310 to the Family Law Clerk's Office at the Lamoreaux Justice Center, 7th Floor Room 706.