Legal Question in Real Estate Law in New Jersey
Sticky Situation
My fiance was promised her grandparents' house when she was a little girl. Now that she's older, her grandfather has passed on and her grandmother's will states a 50% split with another family member. After speaking with her grandmother, we all came to a verbal agreement that we would spend our own time and money fixing up the house, if she left the house 100% to my fiance. She agreed to get the will changed soon after that meeting and we proceeded to do alot of renovations on the house. After 6 months, we find out that she had never changed the will because the other person(other 50%) started speaking to the grandmother again and talked her out of that deal. So after spending a bunch of money, and raising the house's value, we will have nothing to show for it. Is there any thing we can do to recoup the funds spent on the materials for renovations, the time that I spent working up there, and the amount that we raised the house's value?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Sticky Situation
why did you realize that there was a problem, get a promise to get the problem fixed (at least partly fixed) and then not do anything to protect yourselves before putting a good deal of money on this?
you now have a very messy problem. you now need a lawyer to try to salvage this, and you need the lawyer immediately.
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Re: Sticky Situation
You have a sticky situation indeed. Mr. Davies is correct in that you should not compound your problem by continuing to neglect involving a lawyer. There are several ways that the matter can be approached and at least a ray of hope to keep peace in the family. However, you really should get a good business lawyer involved to help.
My firm handles matters of this type, however it may be easier for you to work with a lawyer whose office is closer to you. (You did not give your Zip code. My firm is in Marlton.) If I can be of further help to you, call or email.
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