Lilbrowneyes
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Missouri. I have posted this in another section and have not got any replies. Maybe someone in this section can give me some advice. My great-aunt deceased with a will. She had 20 acres, she divided it into 3 different tracts. She gave 4 acres to her cousin for lifetime which included the home and retail business. Upon the cousins death it goes to her daughter. In the event her daughter deceases the cousin it goes to her brothers and sisters. Then she left 13 acres to her daughter as her absolute property. Then the remaining 3 acres to her brothers and sisters as their absolute property if they decided to sell their interest in this 3 acres that they give first choice of purchase to the cousin. After the death of my great-aunt the cousin came to everyone to purchase what they received. On the quit claim deeds the description states all their undivided interest in the whole 20 acres (description). The cousin stated they sold everything to him including the life estate. He just deceased and he left the whole 20 acre description to his new wife and her children by quit claim deed. Can he purchase this life estate from the brothers and sisters without their knowledge? He did not purchase it from the daughter. This was in 1983, The daughter did decease in 1995. Did the brothers and sisters own this property to sell it to the cousin even though the daughter was still alive? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.