Q: My step grandfather died recently and his estranged niece changed the locks on his house locking me out.
I've lived with him the past 8 years. I'm the only family that was present in his life. He married my grandma when my dad was a child. His only blood relative is an estranged niece from his sister. He planned to leave everything to me so my kids and I wouldn't be kicked out but he died before he could do so. The estranged niece showed up the day he died after I left to handle arrangements and changed all the locks. Locking me out of the house. She said the land and house is hers since she's the only blood relative and I have no rights to be there and did the exact thing my grandpa worried would happen.
A: Even if her right to the property is superior to yours, she had no right to lock you out of your home without due process and a court order. I would call the police (not 911).
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