[WSBARP] General title insurance question

[Mark Anderson]

Most always I recommend title insurance for real property conveyances, including conveyances between family members and conveyances between an estate and its beneficiaries..

At the very least, the title commitment itself serves to point out any problems with vesting that could show up later on.  For example, I had a client seeking to forfeit on a real estate contract.  The client believed they had acquired title to the property through a series of quitclaim deeds from family members over the years.  However, four generations earlier, the estate of the client’s great-great-grandmother never recorded a deed to distribute the property as an asset of the estate.  As such, the property was still in the great-great-grandmother's name.

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From: wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> On Behalf Of Margaret Delp
Sent: 01/26/2023 10:23 AM
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Subject: [WSBARP] General title insurance question

Hello everyone:
Do you recommend to your clients that they get title insurance for property being transferred from an estate by the Personal Representative to the beneficiaries of the estate, for instance, in the case where the family cabin has been in the family for generations and it is being distributed to the children of the decedent? Always, sometimes, or never? Does your answer depend on the real property involved, the vesting deed, and possible issues you know of with the family?
Thanks,
Margaret

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