Q: I have a couple of questions. My mother inlaw is trying to get us evicted from our resident. The house is in a trust for
my husband his sister and his mother and aunt. She has stated that she has sold this property with out another signature on it and has filed a eviction notice well the gentle man that she sold it to is evicting us. We also have signed paperwork from his mother stating that we have all rights to this house. What can we do? We have court on 08/30/20
A: It depends on what the trust document says about the house. Does it specifically say that the house is not to be sold? Ordinarily, your mother-in-law would be the trustee - and if she is the sole trustee, she would have the right to sell the house, and the new owner would be allowed to evict you. What your husband and the other beneficiaries have, perhaps, is the right to the proceeds of the sale, but not to the house itself.
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