Q: My father passed & had 2 side by side lots with houses. The smaller was to go to to my sister but Will has wrong lot #.
This was discovered after the deeds were issued and my other sister and I were paying the taxes we realized that our mothers name and ours was not on the correct house. My father expressed to all of us his wishes before passing. Can the will be corrected? The small house isn’t in condition for my mother to live there.
A:
You could ask a probate attorney to seek a declaratory judgment correcting the scrivener's error in the Will.
If everyone is in agreement, you could file correction deeds.
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