If the PR sells the property, the estate pays the taxes as part of the estate tax retrun. Have an accountant prepare the estate returns.

There is no reasonable way to evaluate your position without reviewing the trust document to determine the trust instructions and, potentially, formation issues and breaches of fiduciary duties. Schedule a consult with a qualified lawyer.

Did you treat the contract as "ratified," even with the missing items? Contracts grow and change, from the initial submission to the final document. Missing addenda and signatures may mean items were not agreed upon, or that simple mistakes were made. Your question doesn't allow for... Read more »

Generally, the SOL runs from the date of breach of a contract, or from the last date the money became due and remained unpaid. Sometimes, that is harder to nail down in some cases, and may depend on whether the subcontractor's claim is based upon a single contract to provide labor and... Read more »

The estate has a stepped up basis and can sell it and avoid capital gains assuming the net sale proceeds are equal to or less than the date of death value. If instead the estate distributes the house to you and then you sell it, the result is the same. You will get that same stepped up basis.... Read more »

Can you prove it was a loan and not a gift? Is there a claim that you gave up ownership through abandonment of it? Your friend who sold the house in all likelihood did not inform the buyers that the sculpture was not part of the sale and did not convey--in fact, your friend may even have... Read more »

It need only be legible. If you research old deeds, they are hand-written, single spaced, in cursive. Recording is charged a flat fee, up to a page limit. Thus, longer documents can be in very small, single-spaced text, to minimize the cost of recording.

Go to the land records, on-line, and... Read more »

The Grantees are persons receiving an interest in property. So if B holds a life estate during C's life (it isn't clear why one would do this), "C" wouldn't be a grantee.

There are a variety of ways one can transfer lifetime interests in property, with a host of... Read more »

I have noticed that recording offices are way behind in many of my jurisdictions. Long before Covid, it was common for recording to take weeks or months, and recorder staff working remotely for two years has not improved that delay. The next step is to retain a lawyer to investigate whether a... Read more »

I am also a MD broker, and we have had this question from many of our clients, over time. The answer is entirely dependent on what the review says, and the circumstance. But it is extremely unlikely that you would ever recover non-economic damages. Have you exhausted your remedies with Google? Have... Read more »

You have few protections in a commercial lease dispute--it is not like residential landlord-tenant law. You admit you have no lease, so I assume you had some sort or oral lease arrangement with the previous owner of the building. The argument would be you were on a month-t0-month lease of your... Read more »

For a dispute over $3,000, your remedies become as expensive or more expensive than the loss. Absent a negotiated agreement, you must sue: Either for coverage under the policy, or the title company for negligence. You might also pursue a claim against the insurer in the Maryland Ins. Admin. The... Read more »

Good for you, to be proactive! If she doesn't respond you can remove the fence. If you want to avoid a possible confrontation, or escalation of neighbor dispute, you might consider an action for trespass/ejectment in the Circuit Court.

This question is one of title to the property. It does not matter if the mortgage company names you as a successor in interest for the property. The title deed of the property is what controls this situation. The title company handling the settlement should be able to tell you whether or not you... Read more »

The mortgage company can't direct your actions. And unless you are named in the deed as a co-owner of a certain type, or a remainderman, you are considered a stranger to title. No title company will pass title without the signature of an "owner," or "personal... Read more »

Simple answer, no. She is on the title to the property she has to sign the deed transferring the property to the new owner.

Good luck in your future endeavors.

The federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act includes temporary credit reporting protections for certain borrowers with federally-backed loans (mortgages backed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA, VA, and USDA). If you are current at the time you enter into a forbearance plan... Read more »

The crime of trespass requires either (1) that the property is posted by signage in a conspicuos location against trespass; or (2) the person allegedly trespassing has previously been specifically warned not to come onto the property, either verbally or in writing, but nevertheless entered... Read more »

It is impossible to evaluate this without re viewing the Settlement Agreement and the Deed, but the Settlement Agreement probably trumps the Deed if the Agreement is not ambiguous. This could be an example of saving nickels at the cost of dollars by doing a DYI divorce. One thing that likely helps... Read more »

No, the HOA has no legal authority to control or prohibit a homeowner from speaking to the press or anyone else.