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Article: Who Get Grandma's Yellow Pie Plate?: Transferring Non-Titled Property
- Article from:
- Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences
- Article date:
- January 1, 1999
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CopyrightCopyright American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences 1999. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Personal property transfer is an issue frequently ignored until a crisis occurs and often assumed to be unimportant or an issue that just takes care of itself
"Who Gets Grandma's Yellow Pie Plate?(TM): Transferring Non-Titled Personal Property" addresses an issue that affects almost everyone, including ourselves. Every family member must divide and distribute family treasures when parents and other family members move, remarry, or die. Personal property includes personal belongings such as family photographs, a baseball glove, an oak table, or a yellow pie plate, which contain meaning for them and for others in the family. What happens to your belongings when you die? Who decides who gets ...