Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in New Jersey

My brother was the executor, my mother left the house to all three of us. a few months after she died, he put the house on the market while telling us the bank owned it. How did he get it in his name only?


Asked on 7/08/16, 12:24 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Miriam Jacobson Retired from practice of law

It sounds like he may have fraudulently transferred it, but if selling the house was needed to pay estate debts, he may have been within his rights as executor. Consult an estates lawyer in the county where your mother's estate is being probated/administered.

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Answered on 7/08/16, 10:43 am


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