Q: My mother and her brother were listed as owners of my Grandma's house...
My mom had to take her name of the title due to her getting Dementia and having to claim Bankruptcy so she could afford a nursing home and they wouldn't take the house since my Grandma was still alive and occupied the house. Well my Grandma has since passed away along with my mother. My Mom's brother fixed up the house the best he could and is now selling it on the market. As being my mom's only child and she is now deceased am I entitled to any of the estate? even though she took her name off the title for medical/bankruptcy reasons.
A: Once your mom signed over the deed to someone else, it was no longer her house. The owner of record now is entitled to the proceeds of the sale, and none of the sale proceeds is a part of your mother's estate. If your Grandmother became the owner, it's possible, depending on whether she died with a Will (and whether you are named in the Will) that you could inherit something, but you have no claim to the sale proceeds of the house otherwise.
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