Can defenses protect a family home from estate recovery? | NC

About this video

Q: What exemptions or defenses may protect a family home from an estate recovery claim? A: A family home is not automatically protected after a parent dies. But an estate recovery claim may be delayed, reduced, waived, or defeated in several situations. Recovery generally cannot go forward while there is a surviving spouse, a surviving child under age twenty-one, or a surviving child who is…