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An easement allows another person, or municipality to encroach upon your property. Although the actual property lines are defined within a survey, under certain circumstances the boundaries may be crossed, with or without the owner’s permission.

What You Need to Know Leaving a will is the best way to ensure heirs or descendants may inherit from your estate. Issues of property distribution may arise when a birth parent or adoptive parent dies without making a valid will or without naming an heir to particular property (referred to as intestacy"). In these cases, State law determines who may inherit from whom.