If I jointly inherited property and a house with my brother but don’t want to receive this inheritance, how do I give it all to my brother?
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If I jointly inherited property and a house with my brother but don’t want to receive this inheritance, how do I give it all to my brother?
I want to do if before the deeds are transferred into our names.
Asked on September 20, 2014 under Estate Planning, Arkansas
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 10 years ago | Contributor
I am so sorry for your loss. Under Arkansas law, an heir may disavow his inheritance by filing a written disclaimer no later than nine months after the death of the decedent. Ark. Code Ann. §§28 2 101,28 2 107 (1987). The disclaimer creates the legal fiction that the disclaimant predeceased the decedent; consequently, the disclaimant's share of the estate passes to the person next in line to receive that share. The disavowing heir's creditors, Arkansas law provides, may not reach property thus disclaimed. §28 2 108. Good luck.
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