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Illinois
My husband's grandfather died in 1934. He owned land in Illinois and Louisiana. His wife had a life use of the property, and then it was to go to their two sons who would also have life use. The will states that "should either of the sons die, their share shall descend to the heirs of their body." Husband's uncle died in 1987, his father died in 1991. The uncle had one son. Husband's father had 4 children. Before he died, husband's parents put everything into a trust.(half of the land, other half went to son of uncle) This land has not been sold,still in the trust. Husband's mother has control of it. She signed her interest over to my husband's sisters. She has always taken the attitude that we were " better off" than the sisters, so they should get the land. That may have once been true, but not now. She refuses to discuss it. It was only about 3 months ago that we became aware of grandfather's will. A relative mentioned that the land was supposed to be divided among the grandchildren. We obtained copy of the will from the courthouse, and sure enough, the paragraph about "heirs of their body." The grandfather died young, none of the grandchildren were living then. What can we do at this point? It's been 10 years since death of father. But we just became aware of this.
My husband's grandfather died in 1934. He owned land in Illinois and Louisiana. His wife had a life use of the property, and then it was to go to their two sons who would also have life use. The will states that "should either of the sons die, their share shall descend to the heirs of their body." Husband's uncle died in 1987, his father died in 1991. The uncle had one son. Husband's father had 4 children. Before he died, husband's parents put everything into a trust.(half of the land, other half went to son of uncle) This land has not been sold,still in the trust. Husband's mother has control of it. She signed her interest over to my husband's sisters. She has always taken the attitude that we were " better off" than the sisters, so they should get the land. That may have once been true, but not now. She refuses to discuss it. It was only about 3 months ago that we became aware of grandfather's will. A relative mentioned that the land was supposed to be divided among the grandchildren. We obtained copy of the will from the courthouse, and sure enough, the paragraph about "heirs of their body." The grandfather died young, none of the grandchildren were living then. What can we do at this point? It's been 10 years since death of father. But we just became aware of this.