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    Categories: HOA, Home deed fraud

    Losing Your Home with One Signature: Home Title Fraud on the Rise and What You Can Do

    If you’re like most Americans, your home is your single most valuable asset. Yet you could lose it with just one signature. This is what happened to Gloria Ormand-Ward, the Appellant in the Court of Appeals of South Carolina case Ormand-Ward v. Litt (2025) (find the PDF here). Below, we’ll [...]

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  • Categories: Real Estate, Rule Against Perpetuities (RAP), South Carolina

    The RAP Does Not Apply to Commercial Nondonative Transfers in SC: Impact of the Spring Valley Interests Decision

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  • Categories: Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Rule Against Perpetuities (RAP), South Carolina

    Planning 360 Years Ahead: Dynasty Estate Planning in South Carolina After RAP Change

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  • Categories: Legal rate of interest, South Carolina

    What is the Legal Rate of Interest in South Carolina in 2026?

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  • Categories: Estate Planning, Hot Powers, Power of Attorney

    What Are “Hot Powers”? Express Powers in a Power of Attorney

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  • Categories: Real Estate, Rule Against Perpetuities (RAP), South Carolina

    The RAP Does Not Apply to Commercial Nondonative Transfers in SC: Impact of the Spring Valley Interests Decision

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  • Categories: Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Rule Against Perpetuities (RAP), South Carolina

    Planning 360 Years Ahead: Dynasty Estate Planning in South Carolina After RAP Change

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  • Categories: Legal rate of interest, South Carolina

    What is the Legal Rate of Interest in South Carolina in 2026?

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  • Categories: Divorce, Elective Share, Marriage, South Carolina, Spousal elective share

    Divorce and Elective Share: Is My Soon-To-Be Ex Entitled to My Estate If I Die?

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  • Categories: Business law, Business Relations, Buy-Sell Agreement, Judicial dissociation, LLC, Operating Agreement, South Carolina

    How to Force an LLC Member Out – Judicial Dissociation

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