The Agriculture Law Education Initiative and University of Maryland Eastern Shore Extension will host six heirs’ property workshops throughout the state in 2025.
Heirs’ property is property inherited without clear legal ownership, often due to the lack of a will, or property inherited through a will that simply leaves the property equally to all descendants.
This shared ownership can lead to legal, financial, and management issues, risking the loss of the land when heirs disagree on selling or developing it.
Without clear title, heirs may not be able to sell the property, use the property as collateral for financing, or receive state and federal benefits for farming activities conducted on the property. Heirs also may be at a greater risk of losing the property through a partition action or for failure to pay the property taxes.
The workshops will cover the impacts of heirs’ property, how to prevent creating heirs’ property, and how to resolve heirs’ property in Maryland, including information about Maryland’s Partition of Property Act.
The workshop series begins January 22 at the Baltimore City Extension Office at 6615 Reisterstown Road, Suite 201, Baltimore, MD 21215.
The other workshops are planned on the following dates at these locations:
February 19 —Kent County Extension Office
March 29 — Washington County Extension Office
April 12 — Wicomico County Extension Office
April 30 — St. Mary’s County Extension Office
TBD — Zoom
Pre-registration is required.
For more information and registration details, contact Dr. Lila B. Karki at lkarki@umes.edu or Nicole Cook at nlcook@umes.edu.
