The answer depends on the language of the life estate. Generally, such devises will indicate that the person holds a life estate so long as they live or continue to reside inthe property. If she no longer resides there and the life estate indicates that this is an operational event, the property then goes to the next beneficiary.
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Was the life estate created as part of the provisions of a WIll? How did you acquire the property and how was the life estate created in the first place? That is the document you need. There is no centralized repository for such a document.
You may wish to start by checking property records and see what is denoted on the title.
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