Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Illinois

deeds and personal property

A relative deeded real estate to me several years prior to his death. No exclusions were made. Items of personal property were left in the house and not removed. I considered these items to be mine. His only will was signed a year after I received the property. It did not mention anything specifically-just left personal property to his child. Now she wants me to give her the items he left in the house when it was deeded to me. What does Illinois law say?


Asked on 7/30/07, 2:20 pm

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Noelle Ansley Noelle Ansley

Re: deeds and personal property

Real property is the real estate, i.e., the house and the property on which it sits. Personal property would be the decedent's tangible possessions, such as clothes, books, furniture -- anything that is removable from the house without causing damage to the house (so this does not include, say, the faucets, doors, windows, etc.). If the decedent willed his personal property to his child, then that child gets everything that was in the house, including vehicles. Whether you "considered" those items to be yours or not is irrelevant -- they belong to the decedent's offspring. You need to get those things to her.

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Answered on 7/30/07, 2:38 pm


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