Mortgages, Estate Planning

Real Estate’s Role In Building Generational Wealth

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC on 1/16/2024

The most basic real estate investment is a home; for many people, their home is their largest single asset. Since real estate historically has increased in value over time, buying a home can be a way to grow wealth while also...more

Not Theirs for the Taking: SCOTUS Rebuffs County’s Full Property Seizure

DarrowEverett LLP on 6/8/2023

From Cicero’s De Officiis to the Magna Carta and the homesteaders of 1862 to the millennials of 2023, humankind has long recognized the importance of a place to call home. Codified in the Fifth Amendment (“…nor shall private...more

Florida Real Property And Business Litigation Report, Volume 13, Issue 51

McGlinchey Stafford on 12/22/2020

Digiport, Inc. v. Foram Development BFC, LLC, Case No. 3D18-1651 (Fla. 3d DCA 2020). The question of whether an idea constitutes a “trade secret” under the Florida Uniform Trade Secrets Act is typically a fact issue, and...more

Legal Considerations of Living Together in a Multi-Generational Home

Bowditch & Dewey on 10/13/2020

During COVID, many of us are balancing working remotely while caring for our children. This autumn, most of our children are returning to part-time or all remote school. We are using our residences as a home, office, and...more

COVID-19 Guide for Seniors

Dickinson Wright on 4/13/2020

Please Note: These materials do not constitute legal or medical advice. Government initiatives, announcements, and regulations in response to the COVID-19 situation continue to evolve and change frequently. What are the...more

When Inheriting Real Estate, Consider Your Options

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C. on 1/29/2020

Inheriting real estate from your parents is either a blessing or a burden -- or a little bit of both. Figuring out what to do with the property can be overwhelming, so it is good to carefully think through all of your...more

Eleventh Circuit Rules Reverse Mortgage Companies Not Prohibited from Foreclosing on Non-Borrowing Spouses

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 10/15/2018

Mortgagees of Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (“HECMs,” more commonly known as reverse mortgages) obtained a significant victory in an important federal appellate court, which ruled last month that non-borrowing spouses are...more

Promissory Notes and Medicaid

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C. on 8/21/2018

A promissory note is normally given in return for a loan and it is simply a promise to repay the amount. Classifying asset transfers as loans rather than gifts can be useful because it sometimes allows parents to "lend"...more

Need Another Reason To Avoid Mixing Family & Finances?

BCLP on 7/26/2017

You have a big heart and a little bit of money. You want to help out a cash-strapped family member, and – “because you’re family” – you don’t put down how much you’ll loan or how it’ll be paid back. ...more

T&E Litigation Newsletter- July 2016 #2

Goulston & Storrs PC on 7/14/2016

The first two weeks of July have brought us some warm weather and three new decisions worth noting: First, in Bank of America, N.A. v. Commissioner of Revenue, Docket No. SJC-11995 (July 11, 2016), the Supreme Judicial...more

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