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kimbe1
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This involves a farm in West Virginia. Several years ago my grandmother told me she was leaving it to me. She even had me take her to her safe deposit box to retrive the deed and drop it off with the attorney who was working up her will. She knew I was the only living male who cared about the land and knew I would not sell it. Her oldest son, my father, left when he was seventeen and never had any interest in it. When she named me in the will, he convinced her that his two sisters would probably try to contest it and told her if she put it in his name, he'd pay the taxes and when she died, he'd give it to me. She died a year ago and I have never questioned him about turning it over out of respect for his grief and because I trusted him to do the right thing in time. Now he plans to sell it and split the money with his sisters and maybe I'll get a share of his. IT IS NOT ABOUT THE MONEY!!!! It has to do with the promise he made to his mother and the fact that she wanted me to keep it in the family. What recourse do I have???? I live in Ohio and will retire in 8 years. I had planned to move there and leave it to my grandson. If he and his sisters sell it before I can protect my interest, is there any legal grounds for suing them? I am not spiteful and no amount of money will replace the land thats been in the family for close to eighty years, but I am heartsick that they would dispose of it and feel they deserve some sort of wakeup call about whats important. If money means that much to them, then maybe losing some would teach them a lesson.