When families gather for the holidays this year, there may be a new topic of discussion. The California Heirs Property Partition Act went into effect Jan. 1, 2022. The act affects any property in ...
Scott Mollen discusses “Gelinas LLC v. Hayes,” where the key issue was “whether this action for partition is governed by traditional legal principles of partition or is subject to the special ...
On June 19, 1865, Union Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and issued General Order No. 3 proclaiming freedom for all enslaved people in the state and effectively wiping out the ...
Homeownership is the single greatest contributor to household wealth for American families. From 2010 to 2020, the value of owner-occupied housing in 917 metropolitan or micropolitan metro areas ...
In 2020, Thomas Mitchell, a law professor, won a MacArthur Genius Grant for his work on heirs’ property legal reforms. One of Mitchell’s most crucial accomplishments was developing model legislation ...
The majority of land lost is farmland that was painstakingly acquired by Blacks in the years immediately following the emancipation of enslaved Black people The loss of that property has stifled ...
When Henry Scott’s mother died two years ago, there was never a doubt he’d want to keep her home. He most definitely did. “It just has a lot of memories for me,” said Scott, 61. But a title issue — ...
“The Heir's Property" is an in-depth look at the issue of land passed down through generations, told through the lens of one man’s struggle to retain land purchased a century ago by his ...