Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Missouri
quit claim deed
My grandparents owned a home and upon my grandfathers death my aunt added her name to the deed with my grandmothers. My aunt then filed a TOD quit claim deed to her son upon her and my 105 year old grandmothers death without the knowledge of my grandmother. My aunt died last year and now my grandmother has died. My mother is the only living family member and she was told she has no rights to the house or contents of her parents home since the TOD transfered to mu aunts son. My aunts granddaughter put her name on my grandmothers checking and saving account after my aunt died and she has now taken control of the accounts. No will of grandmother or aunt so does my mother have any rights?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: quit claim deed
Your mother would be eligible to apply for letters of Administration in the grandmother's estate. That is the fancy way of saying "open a probate estate for the deceased grandmother." In that estate she could contest the TOD designation, as to gransmother's interest, the adding of the aunt's name to the Deed and the dispostion of grandmother's checking account.
Your mother needs to hire a competent probate attorney in or near the area where grandmother's house is located. She needs to do this soon, before the assets are all gone.
Good Luck
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