Q: should I have to sign a deed of a house the was sold after the passing of my grandmother?
my dad passed away in 2011 and then my grandmother passed away in 2019. my mother and father were still married at the time of my fathers passing and he did not have a will when he passed away. After my grandmothers passing my uncle was in charge of the selling of her house and at first it was said that my sister and I were going to benefit from my dads half as my grandmother never took my dad out of her will. my sister and I signed paperwork for disbursement of funds and in the middle of that it was discovered that my mother was actually entitled to the funds as she was still married to my dad at the time of his death. The closing of the house took place over five months ago and my sister was recently contacted by the lawyer saying that she and I would have to sign the deed to convey the property to the buyer. is this correct? why should our signatures go on a deed of a house in which we were not present for the closing nor benefited monetary from the sell of the residence?
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Since you did not state how the house was titled in your Father. Hire a competent attorney to conduct a title search. You and your Sister may still have an ownership interest. If so, you all will need to get paid for your conveyance.
Or you might demand Partition.
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