Dead Real Estate

[bobear2]

30yrs. ago my great aunt remarried and with the marriage she put the husband name on the deed to the property.This property was hers before she married him. The attoney stated that even though the land was hers they placed a house on the land and we cannot just retain the property because of the structure on it. Upon his death reviewing of the deed revealed that he had placed all his children as heirs on her deed. She was up set and we acquired an attorney that she was familiar with against my better judgement. This attoney stall the procedures and to date has not taken any action. Now my Aunt is dead. At this point I'm very upset and cannot see giving him his last payment because he did not do as he stated at the begining of our agreement. I thinking about filing a complaint against him for prolonging something that could have been done two years ago. What he did was set aside the deed. Where can I go to find explanatio of what that means? How can I quit claim the property to prevent her step-children from acquiring heir property? What avenues can I pursue to keep this propert in our family? I barely know her step-children I met them once and that was at the funeral of my uncle. They refuse to take their names off the deed and they didnot give her a penny of the money that was left. The attoney stated their was five claims as a widow in the state of Alabama and to date none of them were completed.

 

[seniorjudge]

Go to a title insurance company that does business in the county where the place is located.

Ask the company to run a title insurance report.

It will tell you the status of the title.

If you think the lawyer did something wrong, file a complaint with the state bar association in your state capital.

 

[lwpat]

You also need to go to the probate court and get a copy of each of the files. The personal representative of the aunt is the only one that can take any action regarding the deed. What has that person told you about the status?

 

[seniorjudge]

You also need to go to the probate court and get a copy of each of the files. The personal representative of the aunt is the only one that can take any action regarding the deed. What has that person told you about the status?

Not a bad idea at all but a good title company will do that.

(Reminds me of the joke with the punch line: "A good goat will do that.")


Google that phrase.:dgrin