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Dhor Matt
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What is the name of your state? California
My Mom and Step-Dad built a beautiful house. When she was dying she made him promise that I'd be taken well care of. He always assured me this was true and that I would never have to worry. She died and I was handed her raided jewelry boxes. A few years later when he was dying he gave me the house on the condition I leave my husband and move in with him. I refused. He died. A girl freind of his who did move in recieved the house for as long as she lives. When she dies I guess it goes to the Administrator which is his daughter.
I never saw a will. If I were named in any, by either my Mom or Step Dad, I assumed I would have been notified. I wasn't notified.
The girl friend and his daughter fight over who owns the estate.
In the back of my heart, I can't help but wonder what is going to happen to the house after the girl friend passes on. I would love this house, it means a lot to me. Mom poured her heart and soul into the building of it. I even helped her clear the land for the pouring of the foundation, etc.
How do we research this? (for free).
How do we discover what the 'wills' said, especially if perhaps there might not have been any legal ones drawn up?
Also, similiar events have happened since with various other family members. How do we protect ourselves from this happening again?
My Mom and Step-Dad built a beautiful house. When she was dying she made him promise that I'd be taken well care of. He always assured me this was true and that I would never have to worry. She died and I was handed her raided jewelry boxes. A few years later when he was dying he gave me the house on the condition I leave my husband and move in with him. I refused. He died. A girl freind of his who did move in recieved the house for as long as she lives. When she dies I guess it goes to the Administrator which is his daughter.
I never saw a will. If I were named in any, by either my Mom or Step Dad, I assumed I would have been notified. I wasn't notified.
The girl friend and his daughter fight over who owns the estate.
In the back of my heart, I can't help but wonder what is going to happen to the house after the girl friend passes on. I would love this house, it means a lot to me. Mom poured her heart and soul into the building of it. I even helped her clear the land for the pouring of the foundation, etc.
How do we research this? (for free).
How do we discover what the 'wills' said, especially if perhaps there might not have been any legal ones drawn up?
Also, similiar events have happened since with various other family members. How do we protect ourselves from this happening again?