Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Minnesota
Inheritance
My grandmother owned 79 acres of land and died without a will. The abstract ( I have a copy of the abstract) is in her name, my aunt (not a blood related aunt) got 3 of the surviving heirs to sign a quick claim deed giving the land to her, but my mother (who is deceased) who was an heir did not sign off neither did my uncles children (my uncle is deceased). My mothers share of the land would be close to 10 acres, does not sound like a big deal but some of the land borders lakes. I have been to 4 lawyers so far and no one will help me out with this matter.
Can you help me out?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Inheritance
I handle contested probate and am one of the few lawyers in the state certified as a real property specialist by the Minnesota Bar Association. It is impossible to predict liklihood of success without more information. I'ld be happy to meet with you for an hour at no charge, after which I can tell you how I would handle the matter. [email protected]
Re: Inheritance
I assume you are referring to Minnesota land. I suggest you have a local abstract company provide you an updated abstract (to save some money you can probably omit the tax and judgment searches). Then take it to a lawyer to have him or her review the abstract to see how many owners there are. It will likely be necessary to have title corrected by means of a decree of descent through the probate court. If in fact your mother has an interest, and if no agreement can be reached with the other owners, she would likely bring what is called a partition action to have some of the land either determined to be hers or to have the land sold and the money distributed according to the ownership percentages of the property.
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