Q: I am a grandchild who has a verbal agreement to rent and eventually be gifted the home from my grandparent.
My grandparent died recently, which is over six months after I moved into the house. My mom is his trustee/executor, and he lived in her house when he died. What is my right to the home now. My mother is aware of the verbal agreement, but she has two other siblings. Do I have to move out; what are my rights?
A: You may have tenant rights as a renter, meaning though that you could be asked to move out with 30 days' notice. Unless all heirs are in agreement that you should get the house, you don't have much legal standing for that. The verbal agreement to gift you the house may not mean much (verbal agreements are often worth about as much as the paper they are printed on, as they say). At best, you may need to look toward buying your two aunts / uncles out of the house with money.
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