Q: Day grandma died caretaker&grandma son locked me out of house.Im only child lived w/her all my life. I sat on curb hours
THEY CALLED COPS on me! That was my house Im sole owner on title i told cops. They wanted me to show them Grant Deed but how if I didn't have anything on me but my car key! Caretaker and grandma son was saying i have NO RIGHTS BCUZ IM ONLY GRANDDAUGHTER and he is her only living son "NEXT OF KIN" I was devastated. She was all i had.I was in shock in disbelieve confused about how these two were acting sooo soon after she's gone. I left, they stayed in house digging. By now Im scared of them and Im all alone. He had already slapped me earlier bcuz i was against Cremation.We had cemetary plots paid yrs ago why would i cremate grandma? I tried to stop it went to cops nobody listen to me.No help!Her son is "NEXT OF KIN" he cremated her ASAP. I return to house saw their cars in driveway made me mad to see grandmas bedroom lites on. They stayed for hrs. how dare they disrespect her like this.Now Im Administrator of estate and i want them to pay up but how? Any advice please
A: You need to take your grandma’s will to a local probate attorney to start the probate process. In the meantime contact me PRIVATELY with the address of the house and county and I will look up the deed and the assessor’s roll and tell who appears to own the property. If I am able to pull the deed I will email it to you.
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A: You need to start with how title is held on the property. This all depends if the house was only in your grandmother's name or if you were on title. If you were on title then it depends how you were on title. If you were not on title then the heirs depend upon the family tree. If the son is your father, he will have priority over you. However, if your parent has passed then things might be different.
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