Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! In this episode, we’re diving into a topic from Property Law — Present and Future Estates. Specifically, we discuss the default property interest, the fee simple absolute and defeasible fees, along with the corresponding future interests.
In this episode we discuss:
- The definition of present estates and future interests
- The fee simple absolute
- Types of defeasible fees
- Shifting and springing executory interests
- Examples illustrating the above concepts
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- “Listen and Learn” series
- California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, July 2011
- California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, July 2015
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