Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Pennsylvania

Not legally.

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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It depends. Just because someone is not famiily does not mean that they do not inherit the home if there is will leaving the home to that persona as a beneficiary or if their name was on the deed to the home with someone else.

As noted by Attorney Jacobson, your post is woefully short on information. Who are you? What is your relationship to the deceased? When did the person die? When was the home occupied? Who is the occupier? What relationship does he/she have to the deceased? Was there a will? What did it say about who gets the home? Who is the personal representative?

If there is no will, then if the deceased had a spouse and any biological/adopted children would inherit. If neither exist, the rules of inheritance get more complicated.

My advice would be that the named executor if there is a will or the person closest to the decedent should go and see a probate lawyer in the county/state where the deceased lived at the time of his/her death. Pay theg attorney to review any will or the inheritance situation. If the person is indeed occupying the home illegally then the law owners of the house or the personal representative of the estate will have to see about getting this person out.