{"id":1102,"date":"2020-11-27T06:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T11:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deeds.com\/articles\/?p=1102"},"modified":"2024-07-22T23:16:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T03:16:54","slug":"what-happens-when-wills-and-deeds-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deeds.com\/articles\/what-happens-when-wills-and-deeds-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happens When Wills and Deeds Conflict?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deeds.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wills-and-deeds-image-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deeds.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wills-and-deeds-image-1.webp 1400w, https:\/\/www.deeds.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wills-and-deeds-image-1-300x102.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.deeds.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wills-and-deeds-image-1-1024x349.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.deeds.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wills-and-deeds-image-1-768x262.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When a person passes away, the death certificate and last\nwill are submitted to the county probate court. A person representative begins\nthe process of passing assets along as the will directs \u2014 except when other\nvalid legal instruments have priority. One of those instruments is the\nall-important real estate deed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Houses <em>can<\/em> be left to their owners\u2019 chosen\nbeneficiaries through wills. But when someone who co-owns a house passes away, questions\nmay arise as to what the last will says versus what the deed says. In case of a\nconflict, does the last will get the last word? Short answer: probably not. The\nlong answer starts with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deeds.com\/articles\/hows-your-property-vested-it-matters-as-much-as-your-will-or-trust\/\">the\nway the title is vested<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Survivorship Rights Vs. Tenancies in Common<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When an owner dies, a properly signed and recorded deed directs\nand channels the person\u2019s property interest to its next owner, typically according\nto the following rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If the co-owners took title as joint tenants. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If the property is vested in a <em>joint\ntenancy with rights of survivorship <\/em>(for example, as \u201cJan and Loren Hill, joint\ntenants with the right of survivorship&#8221;),&nbsp;what Jan\u2019s will says is\nirrelevant, because Loren as the joint tenant still owns the house when Jan\npasses, and gets Jan\u2019s interest in the house. To clear title and formally\neffect the transfer, Loren, as the surviving co-owner, records the new deed\nwith the county. This is done by submitting an affidavit that names Loren as the\nsurviving owner and contains:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A legal description of the property.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A statement that the property was held in joint<br>tenancy, citing the document identification number for the prior deed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A certified copy of Jan\u2019s death certificate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that a joint tenancy with\nrights of survivorship can be severed if one of the co-owners deeds all or part\nof that person\u2019s ownership interest to another party, or puts it into a trust\nthat differs from the vesting on the deed. A living trust <em>can<\/em> be used before\ndeath to transfer an interest in a joint tenancy to a chosen beneficiary. Conversely,\na pour-over will can move property into a trust that its owner did not move\ninto it while living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Alert:<\/em><\/strong> Plan your\nhouse titling with care, especially in later marriages. Your surviving joint\nowner may remarry and share the home with a new spouse. A new family may\neventually get the home, leaving out your children.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If the surviving co-owners took title as tenants\nby the entirety. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Another form or joint ownership\nwith survivorship rights is the <em>tenancy by the entirety.<\/em> If your state\nrecognizes this form of vesting for life partners, then the couple can enjoy\njoint ownership \u2014 plus more. This ownership shields each spouse from responsibility\nfor the other\u2019s debts. When one of the tenants by the entirety passes on, the\nsurviving homeowner records an&nbsp;affidavit of survivorship&nbsp;along with\nthe co-owner\u2019s death certificate, and thereby receives full ownership of the\nhome. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If the co-owners took title as tenants in common.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Spouses hold individual ownership\ninterests as tenants in common. In this way, each one may hold a specific\npercentage of ownership (the house need not be owned 50-50), and each is free\nto bequeath their own interest to a third person.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this form of vesting, what the\nwill says matters. The home will go through probate. Yet it\u2019s the deed, not the\nwill, that actually conveys the house title into new ownership. Only when the personal\nrepresentative of the deceased co-owner records a new deed does the title leave\nthe estate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If the surviving co-owner is a spouse in a\ncommunity property state.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In a community property state, the\nwill controls \u2014 except if rights of survivorship are expressly granted on the\ndeed, as allowed in some community property states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The bottom line:<\/em><\/strong> If there are rights of\nsurvivorship, the co-owner\u2019s rights cannot simply be willed away. So, real\nproperty held by joint tenants with survivorship rights or tenants by the\nentirety bypasses the probate process. When a co-owner dies, the other co-owner\nautomatically has rights of ownership. Property belonging to tenants in common,\nin contrast, goes through the probate process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to Know in States Adhering to the Uniform Probate Code <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Its goal is to create a standard probate law across the nation, and the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uniformlaws.org\/viewdocument\/final-act-no-comments-94?CommunityKey=a539920d-c477-44b8-84fe-b0d7b1a4cca8&amp;tab=librarydocuments\" target=\"_blank\">Uniform Probate Code<\/a>&nbsp;has been adopted, at least in part, by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uniformlaws.org\/committees\/community-home?CommunityKey=a539920d-c477-44b8-84fe-b0d7b1a4cca8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">19 states.<\/a> Let\u2019s take a look at a few examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deeds.com\/articles\/colorado-probate-devising-distributing-or-selling-a-decedents-real-property\/\">Colorado<br>Probate Code<\/a> is modeled on the Uniform Probate Code. Property vested<br>in a joint tenancy with survivorship rights and trust assets bypass probate so<br>the will makes no difference to their transfer. Also, Colorado is one of the<br>states that permits homes to be transferred by a recorded <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deeds.com\/articles\/category\/transfer-on-death-deed\/\">transfer<br>on death deed<\/a><\/em> (also known as a <em>beneficiary deed<\/em>). In this<br>method a notarized <em>affidavit of death<\/em> form, filled out when the deceased<br>person was still alive, transfers ownership upon death to an identified beneficiary<br>\u2014 bypassing probate or any conflicting instructions in the will. Thus, in<br>Colorado, as in some other states, homes may be conveyed upon death to the<br>designated beneficiary and any contrary statement in the will does not control.<br>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deeds.com\/articles\/probate-of-real-property-in-idaho\/\">Idaho\u2019s Uniform Probate Code<\/a>, assets owned by spouses as community property, or by joint tenancy with rights of survivorship, will bypass the probate process, so the will does not control them. Idaho is a community property state, and by default 100% of community property goes to the surviving spouse. (Different outcomes apply when either spouse maintains some assets as separate property.) Idaho also recognizes <a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/legislature.idaho.gov\/statutesrules\/idstat\/Title15\/T15CH6PT3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">transfer on death deeds<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pennsylvania has enacted parts of the Uniform Probate Code, creating the <a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legis.state.pa.us\/WU01\/LI\/LI\/CT\/HTM\/20\/20.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Probate, Estates, and Fiduciaries Code<\/a>. Homes and other assets in a living trust will bypass probate, so the will does not affect them. Additionally, Pennsylvania law directs that surviving spouses must be offered at least a third of the assets, to protect spouses who are left out or slighted by their deceased spouses\u2019 wills.\u00a0In Pennsylvania, real estate may<em> not<\/em> be transferred by a transfer on death deed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Uniform Probate Code and states\u2019 versions of the Code\ndeal with complex areas of law, and states might follow it completely, partly,\nor not at all. Some UPC states differ in how they allow bequeathed assets to be\nsold and the proceeds passed to a will\u2019s named beneficiaries. For these\nreasons, consulting an experienced probate attorney in your state is recommended\nwhen you make an estate plan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Will Does Not Override a Trust or Beneficiary Designation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright is-resized is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"936\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deeds.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wills-and-deeds-family-1.jpg\" alt=\"Image of a family breaking bread at a dinner table. Captioned: A Will Does Not Override a Trust or Beneficiary Designation\" class=\"wp-image-1106\" style=\"width:312px;height:468px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deeds.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wills-and-deeds-family-1.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.deeds.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wills-and-deeds-family-1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You may put a home, whether owned free and clear or with a mortgage\nloan still on it, into a living trust. Once a home is moved into a trust to\nbenefit another party, it moves out of the probate estate, and can no longer be\npassed on through a will. The trust controls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is also the case with beneficiary designations, such as\nthe transfer on death deed described in the section above. So, both trusts and beneficiary\ndesignations generally control how property is transferred, overriding\ncontradictory statements in a will. Keeping your beneficiary designations\ncurrent is vital \u2014 or you may be disinheriting loved ones unintentionally,\nregardless of what you have written in your will. Check over your estate\nplanning documents from time to time, and certainly after a change in key\npersonal relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consult an attorney in your state for case-specific advice and\ninformation about wills, estates, and trusts. An attorney can also advise you on\nthe difference in taxation of estates depending on how you transfer your\nassets. Your attorney can also explain how to use living or testamentary trusts,\nfor example, to ensure support for children or disabled family members before\ndistributing assets to other beneficiaries. And an attorney can also point out\nconsequences of transferring property to your eligibility for public benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a general matter, homeowners need to be aware of legal instruments that override their last wills. Before creating a will, the homeowner should review all estate planning instruments, double-check the vesting on the house title, and avoid bequests that conflict with a relevant deed, trust, or beneficiary designation. If a homeowner wishes to pass a house to someone other than a co-owner, the deed must be vested in a way that allows these wishes to be carried out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Photo credits: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/wkfZyteTMOA\" target=\"_blank\">Melinda Gimpel<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/kwqJwtlb0KU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Phillip Goldsberry<\/a>, via Unsplash. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a person passes away, the death certificate and last will are submitted to the county probate court. A person representative begins the process of passing assets along as the will directs \u2014 except when other valid legal instruments have priority. One of those instruments is the all-important real estate deed. 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