Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Michigan

Re: Rights to estate without a Will

Whether the properties were part of the estate depends on in whose name they were held when she died / how the house was deeded.

Any property your mother had in her name, would have passed to you and to your step-dad by laws of intestate succession and therefore you would have rights to the property.

Therefore, if I were you, I would not take my name off any property. I would go to the probate court and open an estate for my mother so that her properties could be legally transferred. I would tell my step-dad to go ahead and sue because I want the court to hear the story and advise me in any event.

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