Q: My mother had a a house she purchased in the 1940’s. She died in 1969 of cancer and now my cousin has it.
The house is still there my mother owned because my cousin has it but my mother was on morphine and took sick to give it to my aunt and cousin but now my cousin who has my mother’s house will not even let me live in the house my mother owned even if it stays in her name. What can I do to gain admission to the house of my mother where my cousin lives as I am homeless?
A:
The time to challenge the deed has long passed but to be sure you would have to consult a real estate attorney and have evidence your mother was incapacitated and not aware of the consequences of what she was doing, which is unlikely given this happened more than 50 years ago.
You do not have any rights to live in the house unless a judge rules to vacate the deed.
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