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Two brothers buy land adjacent to each other. They decide with the township's permission to build and use one driveway to share. (It Y's off and from the Y's to the homes they maintain their own the straight away has shared maintenance.) They both have to install waterwells and septic tank, etc. Which they do independently. Then they build their homes and maintain yards... Marry, have children, spar, threaten, etc....
#1 The driveway is primarily on my Brother-in-laws land (eventually on ours), however, both paid for it, both maintain it, our children's time and sweat go into raking every spring (and when ever else it is needed.) to get the rocks back in the driveway and out of their yard. -no monetary compensation- only that it is "ours." (by the way their kids don't do this.)
#2 Our waterwell is well on my brother-in-law's "property" as well as much landscaping and such (at the time I did it, I did not know, no one said anything. To see the layout of the land no one would have guessed it because of the wood line and driveway.) All paid by my husband and/or me (I.)
Here's the issue. When there are "problems" my brother-in-law threatens to cut off our use of the driveway and cut off our well. Remove all my work on the landscaping and such. Because it is all "HIS." (-it is sad, my husband should have bought all 36 acres himself, instead of inviting his brother to purchase half to get out of the city....the land was origninally their grandfather's and down from their parent's home, so he wanted to share.)
What are everyone's rights in this situation? The well and driveway have been in at least 7/8 years. The lanscaping has been about 5 years. The propane tank and buried lines have been in just as long, also.
All the threats are really old, this time. though, he says he's having a surveyer out and "shutting us down." You would cringe if you knew the cause of this one!!!!
NEVER Share in the purchase and division of land with family!!!
Two brothers buy land adjacent to each other. They decide with the township's permission to build and use one driveway to share. (It Y's off and from the Y's to the homes they maintain their own the straight away has shared maintenance.) They both have to install waterwells and septic tank, etc. Which they do independently. Then they build their homes and maintain yards... Marry, have children, spar, threaten, etc....
#1 The driveway is primarily on my Brother-in-laws land (eventually on ours), however, both paid for it, both maintain it, our children's time and sweat go into raking every spring (and when ever else it is needed.) to get the rocks back in the driveway and out of their yard. -no monetary compensation- only that it is "ours." (by the way their kids don't do this.)
#2 Our waterwell is well on my brother-in-law's "property" as well as much landscaping and such (at the time I did it, I did not know, no one said anything. To see the layout of the land no one would have guessed it because of the wood line and driveway.) All paid by my husband and/or me (I.)
Here's the issue. When there are "problems" my brother-in-law threatens to cut off our use of the driveway and cut off our well. Remove all my work on the landscaping and such. Because it is all "HIS." (-it is sad, my husband should have bought all 36 acres himself, instead of inviting his brother to purchase half to get out of the city....the land was origninally their grandfather's and down from their parent's home, so he wanted to share.)
What are everyone's rights in this situation? The well and driveway have been in at least 7/8 years. The lanscaping has been about 5 years. The propane tank and buried lines have been in just as long, also.
All the threats are really old, this time. though, he says he's having a surveyer out and "shutting us down." You would cringe if you knew the cause of this one!!!!
NEVER Share in the purchase and division of land with family!!!