Property Law Legal Research Blog

Brad Pettit—Senior Attorney, National Legal Research Group
            A recent decision by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals indicates that since a judgment for the debt of only one spouse does not attach to property held by the judgment debtor and his or her spouse as tenants-by-the-entireties, the nondebtor spouse takes the subject

Alistair Edwards—Senior Attorney, National Legal Research Group
            It is not unusual for homes in a subdivision to be subject to restrictive covenants limiting the owners’ use of their property to residential purposes and/or prohibiting the use of the property for commercial, trade, or business purposes. This sort of restriction can also be found

Alistair Edwards—Senior Attorney, National Legal Research Group
            As a result of the COVID-19 public health emergency, various states and municipalities around the country have imposed moratoriums on evictions and prohibited landlords for a certain period of time from filing eviction complaints for possession of real property. For example, on March 17, 2020, the

Brad Pettit, Senior Attorney, National Legal Research Group
     An unreported mid-level appellate decision by a Pennsylvania Superior Court illustrates that courts take a dim view to a residential landlord’s attempt to defend against breach of covenant of quiet enjoyment and constructive conviction claims against him or her by a tenant by asserting

Matthew McDavitt—Senior Attorney, National Legal Research Group
            Any co-owner possessing an interest in realty has a right, under common and/or statutory law, to the partition of such realty, as no owner may be forced to remain in co-ownership. Physical partition is preferred and should be made where such realty may be divided without