Q: my brother and I took the part of my dads half of my grandmother property my brother recently passed away.
my question is how can I make my aunt and uncles buy me out of the house or sell the house? My aunt lives there now and has lived there for years but when we received the house last year she never paid any taxes or water bill on it so that took money we were supposed to receive from my grandmothers will. So my main question is can I make them buy me out or sell the house?
A: Get a lawyer. File a Petition for Sale in Lieu of Partition. Generally, the court will allow the fees as well as contribution for utilities to be reimbursed to you from the proceeds of the sale. As long as your title to the property is clear and the property cannot be partitioned, there are no real defenses, though Montgomery County has required me in the past to jump through the hoops as if it was a foreclosure. In the end, you get paid, the bills get paid, the lawyer gets paid, and you don't have the damage of unpaid taxes and utility bills.
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