Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Indiana

House up for immediate sale

Mother owns house.

Her son opted to pay on the note in order to make improvements on the house at a later time. He and his wife have alot of their belongings stored in the vacant house. The son is now incarcerated. Since he can no longer pay on the note, the owner had to put the house on the market. The owner also had to pay an unexpected, large property tax bill on the house that the son/wife failed to pay. We have covered the note for three months. We have asked the wife on several occasions during this 3 months to remove the belongings, but refuses. The realtor has two interested buyers, and the wife (who has filed for divorce) has now changed the locks. (I do not see how this was legal on her part, since she doesn't own the house.). Any further delay on the sale is a hardship on all of us. I know we'll have to go over there and change the locks, but what can we do with the belongings, and still remain within the scope the law? Can we bring it to their property and leave it there? We can put a demand in writing to remove them, but is there a minimum number of days we need to include in the letter? Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

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