Spouses and Real Estate:
Need-To-Know Principles for Family and Real Estate Lawyers
Real Property & Family Law | Original Program Date: February 23, 2016
The transfer of real property between spouses, in the context of separation or otherwise, can raise particular challenges for both real estate and family lawyers. Ensure you have the right insight and skills to manage inter-spousal transfers in your practice. Our expert panel will share critical advice and helpful strategies for tackling key issues, including:
- Spousal consents for matrimonial home transfers: mastering the basics and how to troubleshoot the tough cases
- Registering and removing matrimonial home designations
- Making sense of property transfers pursuant to Court orders and the Family Law Act
- Errors to avoid in drafting property transfer provisions in separation agreements
- Navigating the two-lawyer rule in transfers between spouses
- How to identify when your real estate client needs a family lawyer or ILA
- Considerations when unmarried spouses cohabit or buy property together
SPEAKERS
Ian Speers, Barrister & Solicitor
Donald V. Thomson, Walker Ellis
Oren Weinberg, Boulby Weinberg LLP
PROGRAM CHAIRS
Sara Beheshti, Barrister & Solicitor
Shmuel Stern, Beard Winter LLP