The term may also refer to what is best for a person in general. The way in which property of a person who dies passes to his heirs, as determined by the state law where he or she died. This may relate to the territory covered by a court's authority. It may also refer to the scope of authority given to a court by a state's constitution and laws. Liens Rights that become part of the public record that the person holding the lien has a right to recover a debt out of the property the lien relates to.
Examples are a mortgage on property, a lien to pay income taxes, or a lien to pay property taxes.
Notice A document given or mailed to a person who has an interest in a matter that tells about a hearing in court and what is going to be considered at the hearing. Either parent's right to decide where the child resides and to make decisions with regard to where the child lives, medical treatment for the child, and how the child should be educated. Personal Property Property like cash, stocks, bonds, automobiles, furniture, jewelry, and other kinds of legal rights. Personal Representative A person named by a court to administer a dead person's property under a will or a state's intestate succession laws. The legal document used to start any formal proceeding arising under the court's probate jurisdiction.