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An indefeasibly vested remainder is certain to become possessory in the future, and cannot be divested. [4]For example A conveys to "B for life, then to C and C 's heirs." C has an indefeasibly vested remainder, certain to become possessory upon termination of B 's life estate (when B dies).
A contingent remainder is created when a remainder cannot fully vest at the time of granting. This normally occurs in two situations: This normally occurs in two situations: when the property can't vest because the beneficiary is unknown (for example, if the beneficiary is a class subject to open), or
[1] [2] [3] For example, if Bob is given use of the family house for as long as his mother lives, he has possession of the house pur autre vie. A life estate pur autre vie can be created when a contingent remainder is destroyed, in a Doctrine of Merger situation, where one person acquires the life estate of another and thereby destroys a ...
[37] [38] If, for example, a grantor's will devised land "to my son, for life; then to his wife [or widow], for life; then to his children living at the time of her death", the children's contingent remainder (contingent on their status as "living" at the time of the widow's death) would be invalid, even if the grantor's son was an elderly and ...
The rule converted the contingent remainder in B's heirs into a vested remainder in B. The rule's effect ended there. After that, the doctrine of merger operated on the two successive freehold estates placed in the same purchaser (B's life estate and B's remainder in fee simple) and converted them into a single fee simple absolute in B.
A common law rule "that a freehold contingent remainder which does not vest at or before the termination of the preceding freehold estate is destroyed. Such termination of the preceding estate might result from the natural expiration of that estate, or from forfeiture, or from merger." [1]
The ownership of a life estate is of limited duration because it ends at the death of a person. Its owner is the life tenant (typically also the 'measuring life') and it carries with it right to enjoy certain benefits of ownership of the property, chiefly income derived from rent or other uses of the property and the right of occupation, during his or her possession.
A contingent interest is an interest which is uncertain, either as to the person who will enjoy it in possession or as to the event on which it will arise. 57 Am J1st Wills § 1217. [1] A future interest is contingent where the person to whom or the event upon which it is limited to take effect in possession or become a vested estate is uncertain.