<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Amy,<div><br></div><div>What about an LLC to hold the property? </div><div><br><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jun 7, 2024, at 11:20 AM, Amy Goertz <amyjgoertz@icloud.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Good Morning -</span><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">I am trying to brainstorm an issue in an ongoing probate matter.</span><br><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">The decedent’s Will left a lake cabin 50/50 to her children B and J. B predeceased and has one child, M. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Neither J nor M want the cabin in their own name for unknown reasons but everyone wants the cabin to stay in the family.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">J (86) (beneficiary to 50%) would like to give her 50% to her daughter R (60). </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">M (45) </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">(beneficiary to 50%)</span><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">has four children - three adults and a new baby. She is considering giving her half to her daughter L (23). (This seems like a really bad idea.)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">They want the Agreement to include that neither can sell their interest in the property without consent of the other.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">The plan being discussed is to use money from other estate assets to start an escrow-type account that pays the property expenses for several years.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"> Does anyone have any suggestions as to how best to handle this or how to structure an Agreement for this type of situation?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Thanks in advance -</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Amy</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="font-size: 12px;"><font face="Lucida Calligraphy"><i>Amy J. Goertz, J.D.</i></font></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"><font face="Lucida Calligraphy"><i>Goertz & Lambrecht PLLC</i></font></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><a href="mailto:amyjgoertz@icloud.com">amyjgoertz@icloud.com</a> </div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">1.888.926.2607 phone<br>1.877.684.1627 fax<br><br></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Address for correspondence:</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">2829 S. 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