REE CH 8 Exam Questions With Revised
Answers
Tenants in common must own equal shares of their property. - answerFalse
Tenants in common can make valid testamentary transfers of their interests - answerTrue
Tenants in common must own equal shares - answerFalse
A creditor of a tenant in common h...
Tenants in common must own equal shares of their property. - answer✔✔False
Tenants in common can make valid testamentary transfers of their interests - answer✔✔True
Tenants in common must own equal shares - answer✔✔False
A creditor of a tenant in common has a lien on the entire property - answer✔✔False
A creditor of a joint tenant has a lien on the entire property - answer✔✔False
A party receiving an interest in land from a joint tenant becomes a tenant in common with the
remaining joint tenants. - answer✔✔True
Tenancies in common must satisfy the four unities of time, title, interest and possession -
answer✔✔False
With respect to the transfer referred to in question 7, the non transferring joint tenants remain
joint tenants - answer✔✔True
Joint tenants can make valid testamentary transfers of their interests. - answer✔✔False
Joint tenants must own equal shares. - answer✔✔True
A creditor foreclosing on a joint tenant's pledged interest becomes a joint tenant. -
answer✔✔False
The remaining joint tenants can recover damages from a joint tenant who transfers his interest
and severs the tenancy. - answer✔✔False
Joint tenants must have equal interests in their property - answer✔✔True
A conveyance by a joint tenant severs the joint tenancy - answer✔✔True
A tenancy by the entirety is a joint tenancy between husband and wife - answer✔✔True
A tenant in a tenancy in partnership can convey his interest by will - answer✔✔False
In community property states, its principles are applicable only if both spouses are employed -
answer✔✔False
Co tenants are not responsible for contributing toward the cost of improvements made by one
tenant - answer✔✔True
A tenancy by the entirety requires four unities to be created validly - answer✔✔False
A tenancy by the entirety can be severed by either spouse - answer✔✔False
Tenancy in partnership has the characteristic of survivorship like that found in a joint tenancy -
answer✔✔True
Joint tenants cannot make inter vivos conveyances - answer✔✔False
In both tenancies in common and joint tenancies, all tenants have the right to exclusive use and
possession - answer✔✔True
Most states are community property states - answer✔✔False
A "strawman" transaction is used to satisfy the unity of time in creating a joint tenancy -
answer✔✔True
Prenuptial agreements are void - answer✔✔False
A putative spouse may have property rights in the marital property - answer✔✔True
Unmarried cohabitants cannot have a valid agreement for property distribution - answer✔✔False
Prenuptial agreements can be set aside if undue pressure was exerted - answer✔✔False
Creditors of individual joint tenants cannot foreclose on joint tenancy property - answer✔✔False
Separate legal counsel for each party is a requirement for the validity of a prenuptial agreement -
answer✔✔False
A conveyance by one joint tenant to a third party severs the joint tenancy - answer✔✔True
A conveyance by a tenant in common to another tenant in common severs the joint tenancy -
answer✔✔False
One of the issues that helps make a prenuptial agreement valid is whether the spouse-to-be had
independent counsel. - answer✔✔True
The timing of the presentment of a prenuptial agreement is part of determining its validity -
answer✔✔True
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