Q: Why is it better for married couples to own real estate as husband and wife and not as joint tenants? Aren’t they the same thing? A: Owning real estate as husband and wife and owning it as joint ...

Q: You’ve written about married couples owning real estate as husband and wife and not as joint tenants. Isn’t that the same thing? Why is it better to own real estate as husband and wife and not ...

When you’re buying property with another person, it helps to have some protections in place at the outset. Tenancy by the entirety provides several built-in privileges for married couples who buy ...

Married couples have a special way to jointly own property in some states that has advantages over regular joint ownership. If you are married and own property jointly, you should make sure you have ...

Q: Someone told me all married couples should own their house by a "tenancy by the entirety." They said it would protect the house against creditors. What is that and how would it protect my house? A: ...

West Virginia is one of many states that does not recognize tenancy by the entirety as a property ownership structure. Married couples in the state can hold property as joint tenants with rights of ...

In 'Jimenez v. Jimenez,' the NJ Appellate Division held, for the first time, that New Jersey law prohibits the forced partition and sale of real property owned as tenants by the entirety to satisfy a ...