Julia Child bought a Cambridge home in the 1960s and donated it to a college in 2001; the house where she once filmed cooking shows has now sold for $6.525 million, while her old kitchen sits in a museum

Julia Child’s former home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has found a new owner, selling for $6.525 million just weeks after hitting the market. The historic property, where the celebrated chef spent four decades and filmed several of her television cooking shows, has changed considerably since her time there. While the house has undergone a major renovation,…

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In 2018, construction workers cut trees and shrubs up to 150 feet beyond an Oregon property line; eight years later, an appeals court upheld $810,000 in treble damages against the neighbouring landowner

Representative Image (AI-generated) A construction project can become an expensive dispute when work crosses a property boundary. In Oregon, a landowner alleged that workers clearing an adjoining parcel removed trees, shrubs and other plants from as much as 150 feet inside his property. A jury found that the timber trespass was intentional and awarded him…

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A Georgia developer planned 97 townhomes, 46 of them within 1,000 feet of a proposed waste facility; a November 2 court upheld the facility’s permit because the homes were still unbuilt when the application was submitted

Representative Image (AI-generated) A proposed residential neighbourhood can face uncertainty when an industrial facility is planned nearby, particularly when future homes fall within the distance restricted by local zoning rules. A Georgia developer faced this situation after a county approved a permit for a waste processing facility near its planned 97-townhome community. Although 46 of…

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A Washington couple divorced in 2021, remarried in 2022 and split again eight months later; a November 3 court upheld a property deal that left the wife without bank and stock assets awarded in their first divorce

Representative Image (AI-generated) A divorce settlement can settle who owns an asset on paper, but what happens when a couple gets back together and later separates again? A Washington woman faced this situation after remarrying her former husband and separating again approximately eight months later. Although their first divorce settlement had awarded her half of…

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A Pennsylvania couple fought to make their town maintain public steps that cross their private land; after evidence of 130 years of public use and repairs, an appeals court upheld the borough’s duty to maintain them

Representative Image (AI-generated) Public steps connecting two streets may look like an ordinary part of a neighbourhood, but responsibility for maintaining them can become complicated when they run across privately owned land. A Pennsylvania couple faced that issue after their borough disputed its obligation to maintain a set of steps that had been used by…

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Sound of Music star Christopher Plummer’s widow donated 8 acres from their 40-year-old property; another 8 acres were bought to help create a 750-acre nature preserve |

Image Credit: Aspetuck Land Trust Christopher Plummer’s widow, Elaine Taylor, has donated eight acres of land cherished by the couple for four decades to help establish a 750-acre nature preserve in Connecticut. The donation, alongside the purchase of another eight acres from the late actor’s estate, has helped Aspetuck Land Trust protect a significant stretch…

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Gigi and Bella Hadid spent their childhood in a Malibu mansion that was once listed for $34.99 million; after wildfires destroyed it, the 3.25-acre land parcel sold for $6.5 million |

(Left) Gigi Hadid; (Right) Bella Hadid. Image Credits: Wikipedia Gigi and Bella Hadid’s childhood home in Malibu has entered a new chapter after the mansion was destroyed by the devastating California wildfires in January 2025. The property, which once belonged to their mother Yolanda Hadid and her former husband David Foster, had been listed for…

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A Montana couple put a home in the wife’s name before marrying in 2023, though the husband funded nearly $955,000 in purchase and improvements; after their split, the state Supreme Court upheld awarding him the property

Representative image generated using AI A Montana couple who put a home in the wife’s name before marrying in 2023 have seen the state Supreme Court uphold a decision awarding the property to the husband after their split. The court found that the husband had paid almost $955,000 for the purchase costs and improvements, and…

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A couple bought Arkansas land together, divorced within a year and each kept half; when the woman later went bankrupt, her share was sold to an investor and her ex-husband’s appeal was dismissed

An Arkansas man lost his appeal against the sale of jointly owned land after his ex-wife filed for bankruptcy. (AI image) A man in Arkansas has lost his legal challenge against the sale of a property he once owned with his former wife. The couple had bought the land together in 2021 but divorced less…

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