Holding on to a Family Legacy: Transferring Wealth through Real Property

Pender & Coward attorney Kathryn Byler and coauthor Sandra Liedl explain the basics of heirs' property and partition suits, discuss recent reforms in Virginia to protect heirs of property owners, and introduce the Black Family Land Trust and its work in this article published in the Fall 2021 issue of the Fee Simple, the Journal of the Virginia State Bar Real Property Section.  Kathryn also serves as the Chair of the Real Property Section of the Virginia State Bar.  Click here to read the article.

Copyright © 2021. The Fee Simple, Kathryn N. Byler, and Sandra Liedl. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission. This material is taken from volume XLII, number 2 of the Fee Simple, pp. 55–58 (Fall 2021).  The Fee Simple is published by the Real Property Section of the Virginia State Bar and is available for purchase from the Virginia State Bar, 1111 East Main St., Suite 700, Richmond, VA  23219-2800.