Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) - Legal Corner answers viewers’ civil legal questions. QUESTION: My father died over 20 years ago and a succession was filed. Ten years later, my mother had legal papers drawn, ...

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The definition of a usufruct is a legal right given by an owner to someone who is not the owner, to use the owner’s property for a certain period, usually for the remainder of that person’s life. The ...

Should a property be transferred to a trust, that transaction will draw transfer duty, which at times can be a costly exercise. The reason that, in effect, the owner of the property will actually sell ...

The Fifth Circuit affirmed a district court decision that an IRS levy against a decedent’s estate for unpaid taxes took precedence over his children’s claims to the money, which the decedent held in ...

A usufruct would come into play where a husband passes away leaving his home to his children but stipulates that his wife has use of the property and contents in it for the rest of her life or until ...

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The Green New Deal has reignited old debates between the left and right in countries around the world. Setting aside climate deniers (if only it were that easy!), the argument is between those who ...

A usufruct gives a right to enjoy the property of another with the obligation of preserving its form and substance unless the title constituting it or the law provides otherwise. It may be constituted ...