Determining legal ownership (which is something that couples often ignore during their marriage) becomes very important in calculating the effect of the Act.
Title Search An examination of municipal records to
determine the legal ownership of property.
Not exact matches
The percolating squall is shaping up to be the latest in a long history of clashes over «new» land on the lakefront, all made more complex by the vague
legal language that
determines ownership.
This would usually involve an examination of the financial and wider relationship between and conduct of the parties with a view to
determining whether there is an express trust (a clear agreement that the beneficial
ownership of the asset in question is different from its
legal ownership), a resulting trust (arising, usually, from a direct financial contribution to the asset in question) or a constructive trust (where, in short, it would be unconscionable for the beneficial
ownership to reflect the
legal ownership).
Only once it has
determined both
legal and beneficial
ownership can the equalization analysis take place.
Thiѕ includes future pay checks frоm work bеfоrе passing, household goods, property аnd аnуthing еlѕе thаt
ownership саn bе
determined bу vаriоuѕ forms оf
legal documents.
If the river bed isn't registered, and no unregistered title documents exist, then
ownership will be
determined by established
legal presumptions.
Searched public records and examined titles to
determine legal condition of property title: Examined copies of records, such as deeds of trust, liens, judgments, easements, vital statistics, and plat and map books to
determine ownership and
legal restrictions and to verify
legal description of property.
Legal separation
determines the rights as well as responsibilities of the important aspects of a married couple's relationship, such as child custody, child visitation, debt and property
ownership.
To ensure there are no other rights of
ownership, claims or liens on the home you're purchasing, a title company will perform a title search to
determine that the seller has the
legal right to be selling the property.
With this disclosure, consumers can
determine if the additional cost for insurance to protect themselves from losses that result from a title defect and to provide a
legal defense from challenges to their
legal ownership of the property they are acquiring would be appropriate.