contracts on homes?

Question

my mother died she intered a writen contract with someone leaving a deposit and amount to pay until home was paid off she died and contract was not honored by other partie im a only child what can i do i still have notarized orginal copy the house was paid off befor her death.

Answer 1

make sure you are a legitimate heir of her estate first. if she did not write a will, the state will probate her estate, and being that she died intestate (without a will), certainly the state officers must get paid. so expect them to take out fees. fees and fees and fees. you know where they will get the money from?

well, i think they will turn to you. if you are the only survivor of your grandmother, the state will appoint you as the only heir.

so then you file an action against the buyer of the house for breach of contract. you will regain the house because you are the heir to her estate, plus, you have that notarized payoff letter. so the deed would be in her name, not in their name--unless, unless of course, she sold on a complete land contract giving the deed to them instead of under articles of agreement for deed.

whatever way she sold the house to them will be in the records at the county's recorder of deeds office. they are public records, and you can get copies of anything you want for the courts and the attorneys you will hire.

you may or may not be able to win a civil suit for damages for non payment of rent or destruction of the property.

but i think that the house will have appreciated in market value from the time she sold it to them until you get it. so you can live in it or sell it. (if i could, i'd live in it because who wants to worry about mortgage payments?)

get them out as quick as you can. evict them. try to watch so they do not destroy the house.

what damned creeps could do that to an old woman?

Answer 2

All deeds and documents concerning ownership of a property states the person's name and "all heirs and assigns". You need a lawyer to go over these docs with you. And quickly!