Q: My husband passed away but inherited land in MS. Is it legal for my step kids to sell it & cut me out? WasMarried 23 yrs
I cared for my husband through 8 years of Alzhiemers, he didn’t leave a will, but I was his POA. Step kids are trying to also take a portion of my house in Tennessee. Step daughter made herself executer of my husband estate ,even when I told her he had nothing subject to probate. Now his brother sold inherited land in Mississippi and didn’t offer me a dime. His children got his portion .Although I’m disabled and struggling to keep my house. How can I find out about the sale, and is this legal?
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A: Your heirship intestate succession rights should be governed by Tennessee Law, which is very similar Nation wide. You probably need a competent Mississippi attorney to represent you, a long time ago. File an Affidavit of Heirship in Shelby County Register of Deeds and start using it. You have sit on your rights and you will lose them this way.
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