Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Pennsylvania

By "gave .... the deed to the house", do you mean she signed a new deed from her to your uncle? or do you mean that she handed her deed (the deed that gave legal title to her) to your uncle? Big difference.

If she created and signed and recorded a new deed, your uncle would now be the legal owner.

If she did not create and sign and record a new deed, the home is still legally titled in her name, and belongs to her estate. Her estate and your great uncle's estate would have to be administered before title to the house could be changed to the legal heirs.

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