Heirs' Property 2021 Virtual Conference
August 25 - 26, 2021
ABA Member $125
Non-member $160
State and Local Government Section Members $95
Early bird Discount ends Sunday, August 8th
CLE Credits
6.0 hours 60-minute states*
7.2 hours 50-minute states*
Credit hours are estimated and are subject to each state’s approval and credit rounding rules. *Florida Bar regulators have stated that attorneys will not receive Florida credit for this ABA program, even if they self-apply. For more information, visit the ABA MCLE page.
Day 1 | Wednesday, August 25
1:30 - 2pm ET
Plenary Address
By MacArthur Fellow Thomas W. Mitchell, Reporter of the 2010 Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act for the Uniform Law Commission
2 - 3:30 ET
Writing, Implementing and Expanding on the UPHPA [CLE Credit]
A discussion on the background and development of the Uniform Law Commission (ULC), the UPHPA, and ongoing ULC projects to enact the UPHPA in the remaining states and draft a new act to address crucial issues not covered by the UPHPA, such as the heirs’ consent to mortgage the property in order to buy out a predatory investor. This session will also review local and state laws that increase the instability of homeowners with heirs property, and explore potential state legal reforms beyond partition laws.
3:45 - 5:15pm ET
Heirs' Property in Practice: Identifying and Addressing Issues Early On [CLE Credit]
If there are many tenants in common, across generations, the combination of distance, lack of personal knowledge of one another, and unresolved family issues may become a tsunami, particularly when an heir may opt to sell a small tenancy-in-common share to an outsider, triggering litigation and potential losses of appreciated land value, ability to earn a living on the land, and family history. Lest that arise, and in anticipation, heirs need to locate the other heirs, clarify expectations about property values, do title searches, engage in transactional work, and possibly retitle the land using a more stable form of ownership. Then they need to agree how to manage the property or seek other remedies under the UPHPA such as buying out the disaffected heir or the investor. An estate planning lawyer, a lawyer who advises heirs to develop corporate forms to use in managing the property, and an expert in alternative dispute resolution weigh in on interrelated legal and personal issues and potential remedies.
Day 2 | Thursday, August 26
1 :15 - 1:45pm ET
Keynote Address
1:45 - 3:15pm ET
Protecting Victims from Speculative and Predatory Practices Targeting Heirs Property [CLE Credit]
Speculators and investors have developed a practice using existing law to acquire fractional shares and force a partition sale resulting in loss of land, accumulated wealth and secure housing. The UPHPA has significantly strengthened the ability to defend these matters. These practices are also under increasing scrutiny by enforcement and prosecutorial agencies due to the underlying deceptive and fraudulent elements. A New York civil legal services attorney, a NY District Attorney, and their counterparts from other states discuss civil and criminal remedies before and after the UPHPA to protect victims of these speculative and predatory practices.
3:30 -5pm ET
Coalition-Building and Advocacy to Enact the UPHPA at the State Level [CLE Credit]
Broad coalitions have developed to support passage of the UPHPA, including coalitions of black heirs, national environmental organizations, local and specialty bar associations and statewide associations of realtors. Recent successful adoption of the UPHPA and pending efforts will be discussed.
5 - 6pm ET
Open Discussion Amongst Registrants and Panelists
A moderated open discussion (in Zoom) amongst registrants and panelists.
PLEASE NOTE:
CLE credit for this conference is available on a per-session basis and is only available for the live presentations; there is no CLE credit for the recordings (although you may access these at your convenience for up to a month after the end of the conference).
To request credit for your participation (and obtain your Certificate of Completion), you will need to complete a CLE Affidavit. CLE Affidavits are available at the end of the entire conference, after we have verified your attendance. You will receive a personalized link to submit your CLE Affidavit via email within two (2) business days of the last day of the conference. If you do not receive this email by then, please contact our Meetings Manager, Donna Prather Williams.
Scholarships
Scholarships to defray tuition expense for CLE programs are available upon application, on a program-by-program and case-by-case basis. Preference will be given to public interest lawyers, government lawyers, full-time law professors, solo or small firm practitioners of limited means, and unemployed attorneys.
Scholarship applications must be received at least two (2) weeks before the program start date. You will be notified prior to the program if your application is approved. A minimum fee may be charged on all approved scholarship applications to defray expenses. For programs with tuition costs over $500, qualifying attorneys will receive at least a 50% reduction in the course fee
Sponsorship
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