Retained Life Estate

This diagram represents how to make a gift of a retained life estate - a gift that protects your assets.

How It Works

You transfer the title to your residence, farm, or vacation home to Catholic Health - St. Charles Hospital and live there for the rest of your life.
Continue to live in the property or use it for life or a specified term of years, and continue to be responsible for all taxes and upkeep.
The property passes to Catholic Health - St. Charles Hospital when your life estate ends.

Benefits

You can give us a significant asset but retain the security of using your property for the rest of your life.
You receive an immediate income tax deduction for a portion of the appraised value of your property.
You can terminate your life estate at any time and may receive an additional income tax deduction OR you and Catholic Health - St. Charles Hospital may jointly decide to sell the property and prorate the sale proceeds.

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