If a person dies intestate, then the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in effect at the time of death, determine who the heirs are and hence who receives the decedent’s property.

A claim of homestead exemption to protect garnished wages may be filed by the debtor after the garnishment summons is served on the employer but prior to or upon the return date of the …

At the time of the decedent’s death, the decedent owned an interest in real property that the affiant believes to be homestead property described in s. 4, Article X of the State Constitution, …

Probate homestead is protected from estate debts and allows minor children to occupy until they reach adulthood. Similar protections exist, but the rules around the size and value of the …

A homestead is a collection of legal rights attached to a primary residence by state law. The purpose of these laws is to secure a home for a family by providing protections against certain …

A probate homestead is free from any liabilities or debts of the estate. A probate homestead is fully exempt from execution and sale. Upon the death of both husband and wife, the children …

Creditors in probate can make claims on other parts of your estate, but not the value of, or equity in, homestead property. To have and keep this protection, the probate court must establish …

Sec. 102.003. PASSAGE OF HOMESTEAD. The homestead of a decedent who dies leaving a surviving spouse descends and vests on the decedent's death in the same manner as other …

In California, a probate homestead allows a surviving spouse and children to remain in the deceased spouses home after he or she pass away. It may also have the effect of …