Without seeing your promissory note I cannot offer specific advice but, you may be able to foreclose on the note and get your money. Take all documentation to a local real estate attorney and have them look at everything and give your more specific advice.

Without seeing the divorce decree and your deed I cannot give specific advice. You and your ex-wife likely owned the land in tenancy by the entireties in the deed. And when the divorce was finalized that was automatically converted into tenants in common. So you may be a 50% owner of the property... View More

Ms. Whitehurst is correct and this does sound suspicious. The only thing that I would say is that setting up a beneficiary to an inherited IRA or stocks is part of the normal setup process, but absolutely can be skipped.

You are going to have to file a motion for summary ejectment, and one of you is going to have to come up to NC for the court date.

Most mortgages have a due on transfer clause in the contract, which means that they could require full payment of the remaining balance of the loan. You should contact the mortgage provider to see what your options are.

It sounds like you and your siblings can agree to sell the house and divide the profits from the sale as you see fit. My guess is also that your role as executor has been completed but I do not know that for certain.

This is the NC board, you will get a quicker answer posting this on the SC board. Most of the NC lawyers cannot answer your question.

No, you can name anyone you choose to be your executor, it may be slightly out of the ordinary. However, your situation must be much better than many others.

Ask this question on the FL boards, very few NC attorneys can offer legal advice regarding a FL matter.

If a landlord cuts off the water it would likely be considered placing the property in an imminently dangerous condition and would likely be a breach of the landlord's statutory duties.

Without reading the contract, I cannot give you specific advice, but it does sound like you have a case, call a local lawyer and see if you can set up a consultation.

This is actually a question for VA lawyers and any answer you get from an NC lawyer is likely pure speculation.

I do know that if you lived in VA and the estate was in NC you would be required to post bond because you are out of state.

You never have to change your name if you don't want to. I would actually advise against it. I have seen how much paperwork you have to go through, and unless you really want to change your name, I wouldn't do it.

If both of you are on the lease then the likely answer is yes the landlord would have to evict you as well. As always you should take your documents to a local lawyer and have them review the documents to get a more complete answer.

The simplest method would be using a limited power of attorney authorizing someone local to sell the property in their name.

Almost certainly you can sue, I highly advise that you find a lawyer who practices in this area and talk to them to get a better idea of what your options are.

You would need to sue them and then as part of the suit demand to see all videos that they took of your dog that day.

Without reading your contract with the realtor no lawyer is going to be able to advise you on how to cancel the contract.

Depends on whether or not the owner of the land had actual knowledge of the rotten tree. In NC you are only responsible for a tree falling if you knew that there was a likelihood of it falling, for example, it was leaning or rotten.

Without seeing the deed, my suspicion is that the property passed automatically to you upon his passing. If you want to you can update the deed, however, it is not necessary.

Additionally I advise you to fully probate your late husband's will or if he didn't have one go through... View More