Q: When my mother died, my sister & half-brother demolished her house. As an heir, am I responsible for payment for that?
My mother died in 2006, naming my sister as the executor of her will, and listed my sister, my half-brother, and myself as heirs to her property. My sister & half-brother decided to demolish her house (which I never agreed to), and since we now have a buyer for the property, they are telling me that I have to pay 1/3 the cost of demolishing the house. I told them that since I never agreed to it, they should split the cost instead. Do I legally have to pay 1/3 the cost, or should they each pay 50% of the cost since I never agreed to it?
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