Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Illinois

Re: Flood Insurance Claim check

It can be a bit tricky. The first question I would ask is who inherited your fiance's estate?

You might try to get a new check from the insurance company, or you might try to get whoever is in charge of fiance's estate to sign the check.

Depending on how the check is made out, you might also be able to just sign it yourself.

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Re: Flood Insurance Claim check

How was title to the property held: joint tenacy or tenancy in common? The answer to that question may go a long toward settling this situation. If it was held in joint tenancy, then by operation of law (w/o any action on your part being necessary), title would've passed to you solely. In that case, you should hopefully be able to get another check from the insurance company.

If tenancy in common, then title would be half to you, half to the other tenant's estate. That would be trickier. In that case, I'm not sure if you'd need the administrator's signature per the other attorney's advice or what.

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