BrentNewland
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What is the name of your state? Colorado
My Grandfather died in 2004 (Aaron Austin - one of the original Coors Cowboys). He didn't have much in his name, but my mother did get some money from the sale of property he did have. He was in my great-grandfather's will.
My great-grandfather (Uhlan Austin) died last week. It's specified in his will that his entire estate will be divided between his heirs or their heirs (if no longer surviving) after debts and funeral expenses are paid. It does list some specific property parcels to go to other family members.
Now comes the spaghetti. My great-grandfather's property is held in a joint tenancy with him, his wife (deceased several years ago), and his three children (you can see some of the property deeds http://clerk.deltacounty.com/showdetails.aspx?id=146877&rn=216&pi=14&ref=search and http://clerk.deltacounty.com/showdetails.aspx?id=118523&rn=1&pi=0&ref=search - more from http://clerk.deltacounty.com/search.aspx?q=detail, supposedly about 1200 acres of land). I see some stuff in their about heirs, but I can't make heads or tails of any of it.
Unfortunately, out of the five listed in the deeds (Uhlan, Betty, Arlin, Aaron, and Vera), only one is now living - Vera. That wouldn't be a problem normally, but when I was visiting my great-grandfather in the hospital before he died, he was talking about how she beat him and took his money. She's also been taking his physical property, she's been stealing from her nephew (apparently, her nephew - from Arlin - had a herd with Uhlan of 100 sheep total, each owning 50. Coyote's got to them and killed half, and they all happened to be the nephew's. Starting to see the picture?). We found out she's also rented out three large storage sheds very recently, possibly to stash property. Basically, I don't care what I get or what other family members get, I just want to see her get as little as possible for her atrocious actions.
Where do we stand in the property area? His will says to divide all of his property, but I don't know how much of it is his with all of these deeds. We're heading up tomorrow to inventory everything on his property and see the county clerk. Do we stand a chance of splitting the land up, or do the deeds say it's all hers? If so, does she have to pay taxes on it (and assuming the total property worth was - for instance - $1,000,000, how much would she have to pay in taxes, approx.)? What can we do to make sure she doesn't take anything else, or to secure the misc. property?
My Grandfather died in 2004 (Aaron Austin - one of the original Coors Cowboys). He didn't have much in his name, but my mother did get some money from the sale of property he did have. He was in my great-grandfather's will.
My great-grandfather (Uhlan Austin) died last week. It's specified in his will that his entire estate will be divided between his heirs or their heirs (if no longer surviving) after debts and funeral expenses are paid. It does list some specific property parcels to go to other family members.
Now comes the spaghetti. My great-grandfather's property is held in a joint tenancy with him, his wife (deceased several years ago), and his three children (you can see some of the property deeds http://clerk.deltacounty.com/showdetails.aspx?id=146877&rn=216&pi=14&ref=search and http://clerk.deltacounty.com/showdetails.aspx?id=118523&rn=1&pi=0&ref=search - more from http://clerk.deltacounty.com/search.aspx?q=detail, supposedly about 1200 acres of land). I see some stuff in their about heirs, but I can't make heads or tails of any of it.
Unfortunately, out of the five listed in the deeds (Uhlan, Betty, Arlin, Aaron, and Vera), only one is now living - Vera. That wouldn't be a problem normally, but when I was visiting my great-grandfather in the hospital before he died, he was talking about how she beat him and took his money. She's also been taking his physical property, she's been stealing from her nephew (apparently, her nephew - from Arlin - had a herd with Uhlan of 100 sheep total, each owning 50. Coyote's got to them and killed half, and they all happened to be the nephew's. Starting to see the picture?). We found out she's also rented out three large storage sheds very recently, possibly to stash property. Basically, I don't care what I get or what other family members get, I just want to see her get as little as possible for her atrocious actions.
Where do we stand in the property area? His will says to divide all of his property, but I don't know how much of it is his with all of these deeds. We're heading up tomorrow to inventory everything on his property and see the county clerk. Do we stand a chance of splitting the land up, or do the deeds say it's all hers? If so, does she have to pay taxes on it (and assuming the total property worth was - for instance - $1,000,000, how much would she have to pay in taxes, approx.)? What can we do to make sure she doesn't take anything else, or to secure the misc. property?
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