Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Louisiana

Since there is no will, and you were not married, your rights to any property would be based on what you can prove you purchased individually or as a co-purchaser. If you did not contribute to the purchase of the house, you can claim he intended to donate 1/2 of it to you by putting you on the title. You can claim reimbursements for amounts paid by you toward things that the succession is claiming belongs to it. What amount, if any, you will be allowed to retrieve depends on a number if variables, so you need to meet with an attorney. The amount you paid toward the funeral is definitely owed to you by the succession. Any life insurance policies with you as beneficiary belong to you. That does not go into the succession. If you are declared owner of 1/2 the house, you cannot be made to move, however, the house can be ordered sold.