What is the name of your state? Mi and TN
I live in Michigan and my Dad recently passed away in TN. The deed to his house lists "Mr. XXX and his heirs" as the owners of the property. The house is only worth about $30,000. Can I just file to make a formal determination of heirs and transfer the property over or do I still have to go through probate? In MI they do not use they type of wording on deeds so I am confused.
Also, after we left Tn and came home to MI we found out that several of the relatives (not heirs) emptied the house completely and destroyed various areas of the home. Do we have any recourse for this? Apparently he gave out several keys to neices while he was alive and they cleaned out the entire house. We did not know they had access to the home.
Thank You
I live in Michigan and my Dad recently passed away in TN. The deed to his house lists "Mr. XXX and his heirs" as the owners of the property. The house is only worth about $30,000. Can I just file to make a formal determination of heirs and transfer the property over or do I still have to go through probate? In MI they do not use they type of wording on deeds so I am confused.
Also, after we left Tn and came home to MI we found out that several of the relatives (not heirs) emptied the house completely and destroyed various areas of the home. Do we have any recourse for this? Apparently he gave out several keys to neices while he was alive and they cleaned out the entire house. We did not know they had access to the home.
Thank You