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The Illinois Appellate Court has ruled in a dispute regarding who should inherit a home in Highland Park, Ill.<\/a> Although a trust instrument<\/a> stated the house was part of the trust, there was no separate, formal documentation showing that a transfer of the house had been placed in the trust. The court In re Estate of Mendelson considered whether the house was properly transferred into the trust. The court noted that it could \u201cfind no Illinois authority on point.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Illinois Appellate Court held that the house was a part of the trust because it was described in it although there was no recorded deed transferring the real estate to the trust.<\/p>\n

In the Mendelson case, the chain of title to the house was complex. In 2005, Diane Mendelson executed the deed that placed title to the house in joint tenancy with herself and her son. The deed was never recorded because she enjoyed a property tax benefit as the sole title owner of the property.<\/p>\n

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