Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Pennsylvania

Condolences on the death of your father in law.

A life estate means that as long as his girlfriend lives, she has an ownership interest in the condo, but she does not have the right to sell or give it away or mortgage it. Upon her death, it becomes the property of your late father-in-law's two sons. A life estate is often used to provide for a spouse or a close friend to have the use of a home during lifetime and then to pass the property to children.

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