Unfair Financial Gain's from Death
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Texas
My grandmother had been taken to court for eviction by her son. The court ruled in her favor 2X due to a letter the son had given her in the beginning stateing she could live on his land for as long as she lived ,no charge , no matter what.
My grandmother died recently and her son chained up access to her mobile home and filed trespassing charges against family members .He retained a lawyer to send the estate a letter demanding storage fees for the mobile home starting on the day of her death and claimed ownership of the garage,screened in backporch, front porch, all fencing & landscaping that my grandmother paid for and was attached to her mobile home.
The estate's lawyer said it would cost more to fight for the structures then they were worth.
We sold the mobile home & all structures had to be detached.The son demanded the structures be left intac and standing which required extra cost for bracing which he refused to do. The estate had to pay 650.00 to detach & brace them. Now the estate is be billed by the son for cleanup of debris left after the removal of mobile home.
The son was removed from her will after the son tried to evict her and continued to harrass her the last 2 years of her life.(the son is technically my dad)
My questions are:Isn't there some time frame for family to settle an estate? Is the son legal in gaining financially from my grandmother's death?What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
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Texas
My grandmother had been taken to court for eviction by her son. The court ruled in her favor 2X due to a letter the son had given her in the beginning stateing she could live on his land for as long as she lived ,no charge , no matter what.
My grandmother died recently and her son chained up access to her mobile home and filed trespassing charges against family members .He retained a lawyer to send the estate a letter demanding storage fees for the mobile home starting on the day of her death and claimed ownership of the garage,screened in backporch, front porch, all fencing & landscaping that my grandmother paid for and was attached to her mobile home.
The estate's lawyer said it would cost more to fight for the structures then they were worth.
We sold the mobile home & all structures had to be detached.The son demanded the structures be left intac and standing which required extra cost for bracing which he refused to do. The estate had to pay 650.00 to detach & brace them. Now the estate is be billed by the son for cleanup of debris left after the removal of mobile home.
The son was removed from her will after the son tried to evict her and continued to harrass her the last 2 years of her life.(the son is technically my dad)
My questions are:Isn't there some time frame for family to settle an estate? Is the son legal in gaining financially from my grandmother's death?What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?