Lose ownership of land

What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? Vermont
I have two possibly related questions:
- Is there a way for someone to take or claim land because they have used it for 7 years (or some other period of time)?
- Along with that, my father-in-law let his brother stay in a house of his with the condition he keep it maintained. After 8 years my father-in-law tried to get his brother out of the house. The brother contacted a lawyer and somehow they "settled" by my father-in-law giving his brother land. Can you shed any light on how my father-in-law would be forced to do this? (Note: My father-in-law has died so I can not ask him what happened.)
Thank you.

[HomeGuru]

Originally Posted by rspaz

What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? Vermont
I have two possibly related questions:
- Is there a way for someone to take or claim land because they have used it for 7 years (or some other period of time)?

**A: no, not as a tenant of the property.
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- Along with that, my father-in-law let his brother stay in a house of his with the condition he keep it maintained. After 8 years my father-in-law tried to get his brother out of the house. The brother contacted a lawyer and somehow they "settled" by my father-in-law giving his brother land. Can you shed any light on how my father-in-law would be forced to do this? (Note: My father-in-law has died so I can not ask him what happened.)
Thank you.

**A: ask the brother and then tell us.

That is as much information as the brother would give us. We are not on the best of terms with him. That is why I was trying to get more information here.

[HomeGuru]

Originally Posted by rspaz

That is as much information as the brother would give us. We are not on the best of terms with him. That is why I was trying to get more information here.

**A: well, we certainly can't tell you since we are not the brother.