People are often anxious to avoid estate taxes when they pass on.
Federal estate taxes are no longer a problem for most people, since there is no federal estate tax unless the estate is over $11.2 million dollars.
It is not uncommon for people to falsely claim to be residents of Oregon.
This has nothing to do with one’s legal status in the USA.
Sometimes people have a child that they want to help become established in a home.
In some cases, rather than giving the child a down payment, or the like, there is a desire to simply transfer a house that the parent already owns to the child.
More and more people are living together without marriage. This includes senior citizens.
This can create special problems for Medicaid.