What is the name of your state? OHIO
My mother died in June 2005. (FYI - she and her husband were considered my legal guardians. I was never legally adopted.) She moved into a new house in October 2001, shortly before the death of my father - her husband. Her youngest son applied for and was named as the Adminsitrator of the estate (I did not contest as I did not want to be responsible for it and I do not really speak to either of her sons). He obtained a probate lawyer and had everything in probate court. There was still a mortgage on the house and the car was not paid for either. As far as I knew, everything was going fine.
I recently received papers from the court that I am a named defendant in a lawsuit against my deceased mother regarding the mortgage (apparently unpaid since November 2005). The papers indicated foreclosure proceedings had begun. I would like to buy my own home in the next couple of years. How am I now responsible for the mortgage on a house I never lived in nor had any legal financial connection to? Will this foreclosure appear on my credit rating, thus destroying my efforts to buy a home of my own? HELP!!!
My mother died in June 2005. (FYI - she and her husband were considered my legal guardians. I was never legally adopted.) She moved into a new house in October 2001, shortly before the death of my father - her husband. Her youngest son applied for and was named as the Adminsitrator of the estate (I did not contest as I did not want to be responsible for it and I do not really speak to either of her sons). He obtained a probate lawyer and had everything in probate court. There was still a mortgage on the house and the car was not paid for either. As far as I knew, everything was going fine.
I recently received papers from the court that I am a named defendant in a lawsuit against my deceased mother regarding the mortgage (apparently unpaid since November 2005). The papers indicated foreclosure proceedings had begun. I would like to buy my own home in the next couple of years. How am I now responsible for the mortgage on a house I never lived in nor had any legal financial connection to? Will this foreclosure appear on my credit rating, thus destroying my efforts to buy a home of my own? HELP!!!