Law Requires Specific Wording on How Title is Held

  Question:  My husband and I are in an argument about how to hold title to real estate in order to avoid probate.  My husband says that, if the deed to our home says “and/or,” the surviving spouse will automatically acquire title to the real estate without any probate.  According to my husband, the reason that…

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Who Pays to Restore Common Wall's Look?

  Question:  Our neighbor recently hired a construction crew to take the top row of decorative bricks off our shared common block wall and replace it with two rows of solid bricks.  The problem is that this common wall no longer matches the rest of the wall surrounding our backyard.  We called the police at…

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