Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Florida

You probably need to bring a probate on at least one of your great grandparents, depending on how the property was titled, and you may have to bring a probate on one or more of the deceased children, depending on whether they had a will or not and whether any probate had been brought on them. Chances are that you are going to wind up with a bunch of grandchildren owning bits and pieces of the property. As far as the tax strategy goes, your mom might be better off simply not paying the taxes, buying a tax certificate and then buying the property when it goes to a tax deed sale; but at that point she's probably going to have to bring a quiet title suit as well. She really needs to go over the details with a lawyer and see whether it is worth throwing more money at this property, how much it would cost and what the property is worth at this point.

The property passes under intestacy laws from your great grandparents down through the next generations. Seeks legal advice on how to proceed. Paying the taxes does not give a claim to the property unless a tax certificate and than a tax deed are sought and that will requires years to go by.