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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Virginia
A parent of mine lives in Virginia. They purchased a home with someone who is now deceased. They own the home as tenants in common. He passed away without a will. He has 6 living siblings in multiple countries (1 in US, 1 in CA, and three others in the Middle East--no parents or children). My parent has been paying the mortgage for a couple of years, but cannot pay the taxes (they have been paying their 1/2, but deceased tax bill continues to grow). My parent would like to sell the house or do what is needed to become legally unattached to the deceased person. Can they do this using a partition suit. Regarding the estate, no will as mentioned and none of the siblings want to pursue probate. Effectively, nothing is happening and my parent can't keep up will all of the bills, but would like to get their half of the equity out of the house. Any advice on this situation would be enormously appreciated!
A parent of mine lives in Virginia. They purchased a home with someone who is now deceased. They own the home as tenants in common. He passed away without a will. He has 6 living siblings in multiple countries (1 in US, 1 in CA, and three others in the Middle East--no parents or children). My parent has been paying the mortgage for a couple of years, but cannot pay the taxes (they have been paying their 1/2, but deceased tax bill continues to grow). My parent would like to sell the house or do what is needed to become legally unattached to the deceased person. Can they do this using a partition suit. Regarding the estate, no will as mentioned and none of the siblings want to pursue probate. Effectively, nothing is happening and my parent can't keep up will all of the bills, but would like to get their half of the equity out of the house. Any advice on this situation would be enormously appreciated!