Depending on the type of property, a person has a year and a day to get it in this area.
An estranged husband is married and he has all the rights of a surviving spouse if his wife dies. He will inherit an intestate estate according to the laws in the jurisdiction. He will become the sole owner of any property owned by survivorship with his wife if she dies.
No, but you may need to ensure that the spouse if you are estranged cannot make a claim against this as an estate in the event of anything happening to you if that is what you want.
You can quit claim your rights to the property. However, that doesn't quit claim your spouse's rights to the proprty. Once married the spouse in most states has rights to the property.
Releasing your dower rights means giving up your claim to a portion of your spouse's property in the event of their death. This can impact property ownership by allowing the spouse to have full control and ownership of their property without the other spouse's claim.
Quit claim deed.
It depends on the specific terms of the property settlement and any subsequent agreements or court orders. Generally, if the settlement specified that the divorced spouse relinquishes any claim to the ex-husband's property after his death, they would not be able to claim it. However, if the settlement did not address this issue or if there were changes made to the agreement afterwards, it is possible that the divorced spouse could still claim the property.
No. If you're Married Filing Jointly, then you're allowed one personal exemption for you and one exemption for your husband. You can't claim your spouse as a dependent. Even if you're working and your spouse isn't, you can't claim your spouse as a dependent because you're allowed to claim two personal exemptions total for the two of you as a married couple filing jointly.
As long as there was no divorce an "estranged" wife would be the surviving spouse. The surviving spouse has the right to all the decedent's property in some states, and the right to a portion in others. You can check your state laws of intestacy at the related question link provided below.
A property lien is an attachment to the property, not the debtor. The answer would be "no", that won't help you get out of paying the debt.
If you're Married Filing Jointly, then you're allowed one personal exemption for you and one exemption for your husband. You can't claim your spouse as a dependent. Even if you're working and your spouse isn't, you can't claim your spouse as a dependent because you're allowed to claim two personal exemptions for the two of you as a married couple filing jointly.
Depends on who's car it is
yes, sure!