Q: How can I void an incorrect deed?
My step-sister and I are PR's for our respective parents' estates. We were to execute deeds of distribution for the house, jointly owned by both, to ourselves individually (and then she'd execute a quit-claim to me). However, her deed of distribution has me as the grantee (which I don't think I can be, since I'm not a beneficiary of her mom's estate) instead of herself. (I emailed her the fillable PDF I used for mine, and it looks like she just didn't change the information...). Is it void, in which case she can record a correct deed? Are there other options available? We have a buyer lined up, but we need to clean this up before we can proceed.
A: Hire a competent attorney to draft and record Correction Deeds. There are several statutory requirements, including derivation of title clauses which will need declarations of what was corrected on the prior recorded deeds.
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