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alternative contingent remainder

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A quick definition of alternative contingent remainder:

An alternative contingent remainder is when someone gives property to another person, but with two different conditions. One condition might be that the person must do something, like graduate from college, in order to keep the property. The other condition might be that if the first condition isn't met, the property goes to someone else, like a brother. This means that no matter what happens, the property will always go to someone, and the original owner will no longer have it.

A more thorough explanation:

An alternative contingent remainder is a type of future interest in property that occurs when the same property is subject to two contingent remainders with opposite conditions precedent such that one of them will always take effect.

A contingent remainder is a type of future interest granting the owner of the contingent remainder the right to possess certain property so long as a condition is fulfilled. For traditional contingent remainders, if this condition is not fulfilled, the property is never transferred, and ownership stays with its previous owner.

For example, if a father writes a grant that states “I give my house to my son, so long as he graduates from college by his 21st birthday” and the son chooses not to attend college until he is 25, then the condition is not met, and ownership of the house stays with the father.

However, for alternative contingent remainders, the property will always transfer from the grantor's possession because one of the two contingent remainders at play will always take effect. For example, if a father writes a grant that states “I give my house to my son, so long as he graduates from college by his 21st birthday, otherwise, to my brother,” then alternative contingent remainders exist. Regardless of whether the son graduates from college by his 21st birthday, the father will no longer own the property the day his son turns 21. The property will either transfer to the son or the brother, depending on the fulfillment of the condition.

Another example of an alternative contingent remainder is if a grantor writes a grant that states “I give my car to my daughter, so long as she gets her driver's license by the age of 18, otherwise, to my son.” In this case, the property will transfer to either the daughter or the son, depending on the fulfillment of the condition.

These examples illustrate how alternative contingent remainders work by providing two possible outcomes for the transfer of property, depending on the fulfillment of a condition.

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also jazzy my ndls address went long ages ago i sadly do not think it means anything
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