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<p>Long time caretaker promised real property by decedent in payment
for providing care. Decedent's will provides:</p>
<p><b>"If she survives me, I hereby give, devise and bequeath to
Mary for her life, and then to Windy, the farm property legally
described as ..."</b></p>
<p>Does Mary receive in fee simple, an estate measured by her life
(which she can alienate), a life estate for which she can collect
income (but does not have to pay expenses), or some other
possessory estate?</p>
<p>Or perhaps the scrivener just meant that if Mary did not survive
the decedent it should go to Windy?</p>
<p>You thoughts most valued and appreciated,</p>
<p>Garl<br>
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