Conventional Life Estate: A conventional life estate is created intentionally by the owner. It may be established either by deed at the time the ownership is transferred during the owners life or by a provision of the owners will after his or her death. The estate is conveyed to an individual who is called the life tenant. The life tenant has full enjoyment of the ownership for the duration of his or her life. When the life tenant dies, the estate ends and its ownership passes to another designated individual or returns to the previous owner.

 

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