Q: My parents both passed, the house in Puerto Rico was left three of us, but my younger brother went and change the name .
How could he had done that according to the paper in his name is on the house not my name or my other brother how could take him to court plus my parents were in a nursing home here in Bronx.
My sis in law is saying that if I go near her property she will call the police.
A: If your parents did not leave a will, which is the overwhelming number of cases, then that is legally impossible to have happened. In particular, if the inheritance transfer process was indeed completed, the Property Registry will actually require and verify the Declaration of Heirs and can only transfer to all of the children of each deceased parent since they are what is called forced heirs. If, on the other hand, there was a will left, then once that document is validated, the property could be transferred to whoever is mentioned there. It is very likely that you have incomplete information on the actual case.
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