Wills & Trusts - Real Estate - ‘Sold’ - Closing After Death

By Deborah Elkins
Published: October 22, 2008

A parcel is not “sold” under the terms of a woman’s will where she entered into a contract to sell the parcel seven months before she died, but the sale did not close until after her death, a Norfolk Circuit Court holds.
In re: The Will of Lois V. Huffman (Norfolk Cir.Ct.) (VLW 008-8-221) (3 pp.)


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