Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Pennsylvania

Condolences on your very recent loss.

First, your father's estate has to be opened and administered, whether there was a will or not. Until the administration has proceeded to the point where all taxes and debts have been paid, assets may not be distributed.

You brother may not require you to move, unless he already has legal title to the house. Even so, you are entitled to notice and time to move.

If your father was the legal [title holding] owner of the house, and the house was left to you and your brother, either by Will or according to intestate succession, AND it didn't have to be sold to pay estate debts, you and he may agree to sell the house and divide the proceeds or one of you may buy out the interest of the other. As a family member who lived with and was the caretaker of your father, you may be entitled to the family exemption.

Consult with an estate lawyer to protect your interests in the estate and to prevent your brother from mishandling the estate, if he is trying to take over the house and other property.

This response is not legal advice, since I do not have all of the information that would be required, and I do not have a representation agreement with you.

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