Q: In Georgia, when a person dies, who has a lifetime estate, when can the new owner enter the property?
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Property includes a house, 2 rental trailers, and a small shop on five acres. The widow who has a lifetime estate has a son not included in the estate that lives in one of the trailers.
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A: Remainderman usually has a vested estate when the deed is executed. So at life tenant's death, remainderman's estate vests in possession by operation of law.
A: The new owner, those who are listed as the individuals who take ownership at the time of death of the life tenant, can enter immediately upon the death of the life tenant. These individuals are known as remaindermen in legal terminology. If there is a tenant or occupant of the property that was occupying the property of the life tenant, the occupant must be evicted. They cannot be forcibly removed.
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