What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Virginia
My family has a large amount of Heir Property. It's 87 acres and is landlocked. The title has been clouded since 1902. Virginia Burkholder died a widow without a will. The land passed to her 5 children. Those 5 children died and the land was passed to 9 children by will. This is where it gets tangled...My mother's mother is 1 of those 9 children who own the land. My mother and father purchased the interest of 5 of 9 owners of the land (other owners were no around to sign their interest at the time). My father has been using the 87 acres and paying all the taxes on the land for over 30 years. Nobody has ever made a claim or utilized the land in any way. My father passed away in 2013 and all of his property was passed to my mother by will. My mother is wanting to sell the land and consulted a lawyer. A title search was done (incomplete) and according to information on title search my mother has a 1/9th interest in the land. We were told that decendants of 4 of the 5 children of the original owner of the land as well as 4 of the 9 siblings needs to be located. I have begun the process of putting a family tree together and there are an unbelievable amount of decendants. Most all of them are out of state and I haven't found and information that would put me in contact with any living decendants. Is there anything we can do to sell the land without having to partition sale? Would Adverse Possession be an option?
My family has a large amount of Heir Property. It's 87 acres and is landlocked. The title has been clouded since 1902. Virginia Burkholder died a widow without a will. The land passed to her 5 children. Those 5 children died and the land was passed to 9 children by will. This is where it gets tangled...My mother's mother is 1 of those 9 children who own the land. My mother and father purchased the interest of 5 of 9 owners of the land (other owners were no around to sign their interest at the time). My father has been using the 87 acres and paying all the taxes on the land for over 30 years. Nobody has ever made a claim or utilized the land in any way. My father passed away in 2013 and all of his property was passed to my mother by will. My mother is wanting to sell the land and consulted a lawyer. A title search was done (incomplete) and according to information on title search my mother has a 1/9th interest in the land. We were told that decendants of 4 of the 5 children of the original owner of the land as well as 4 of the 9 siblings needs to be located. I have begun the process of putting a family tree together and there are an unbelievable amount of decendants. Most all of them are out of state and I haven't found and information that would put me in contact with any living decendants. Is there anything we can do to sell the land without having to partition sale? Would Adverse Possession be an option?
