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    Default New Owner of Life Estate

    My question involves estate proceedings in the state of: (calif.) we took over our uncles life estate, he was tired of paying the bills, no on lives in this house, we are an owner as is my husbands brother and sister, but we now have the life estate due to possibly losing the house, uncle wanted to sell it. We have found out the deck is rotting, are we liable for this bill now or because there are other owners do they help?? thanks.

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    Default Re: New Owner of Life Estate

    uncle never could sell the house if all he had was a life estate. All he could sell is the life estate which generally has a very limited value.

    the life estate tenant is generally liable for regular maintenance while major repair a little less defined but what you have could very well be due to lack of maintenance which would fall onto the tenant, or even be cause to revoke the life estate.


    not sure how you "took over the life estate". While uncle can sell, rent, or otherwise allow others to use the property, you don't just "take over" a life estate. If you mean you live there with uncles permission, uncle is still liable for everything he always was.

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