# Can Americans leave an estate to someone only for a time?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-americans-leave-an-estate-to-someone-only-for-a-time/511916>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 28, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-americans-leave-an-estate-to-someone-only-for-a-time/511916 "2009-09-28T22:51:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-americans-leave-an-estate-to-someone-only-for-a-time/511916/21 "2009-10-02T21:48:52Z")

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I love the Dope. I really really do.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-americans-leave-an-estate-to-someone-only-for-a-time/511916/22 "2009-10-02T22:19:41Z")

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and don’t even get me started on mortmain!

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