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There are many kinds of leases, including residential leases, ground leases, and the like, as well as some more specialized leases, such as agricultural leases involving multi year crops like Christmas trees or fruit orchards.
One of the most complex kinds of leases in Oregon is the commercial lease. These leases involve the rental of business premises.
Real estate can be owned in a variety of ways in Oregon.
The most common is called ownership in fee simple. Such an owner may also be referred to as the holder of a fee. This simply means that the person (or group or entity) owns the land, by him or herself, with no other person group or entity having an ownership right currently, or having a right to the land which will pass to them at some point in the future.
Real estate is formally called “real property” in Oregon law. Personal property is all property other than real estate, including tangible things you can touch such as your car, the contents of your pocket, and your lawn mower, as well as intangible things such as your bank account, or stocks and bonds.
“Property,” in Oregon law means both real property and personal property.
Real estate is sometimes also called real property.
After a divorce is completed, there is usually still a lot of work to be done.
Some people (and even some lawyers) question whether a person can make a Will or an Estate and Incapacity Plan providing for their children before they have any children.
It is perfectly possible, and perfectly simple to do this.
The current health crisis is causing some people to think seriously about creating a Will or a Trust. It is causing others who have been thinking of this to stop putting it off, and to start actually working toward finding a lawyer to work with them on estate and incapacity planning.
Many people are worried by the Coronavirus/COVID 19 pandemic, and are limiting their social contacts, and abiding by guidelines for social distancing.
It is not uncommon for people who have married late in life, or who are living with a significant other to whom they are not married, to want to protect that other person, and make sure that the other person has a place to live as long as they need it, while also ensuring that their own child