Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Puerto Rico

selling property that is abandon

I would like to find out the steps i need to take to sell property of my father in puerto rico. my father is crippled and in a nursing home in puerto rico. my oldest brother does not want to sell the property for sentlemental reason. the property is abandon and the goverment wants to take it over. i live in miami and it will be hard for me to commute back and forth to puerto rico but i feel that this property is an heridence to me and my two other brothers. please advise what measure and steps i need to take to try to sell the property.

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Asked on 8/24/03, 8:46 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys
Jorge Catala Catala Group

Re: selling property that is abandon

WE need the property's location: Number, address, and town.

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Answered on 8/25/03, 12:14 pm
Julio C. Alejandro Julio C. Alejandro Serrano Attorney at Law

Re: selling property that is abandon

Your property may be a public nuissance and if so, the government may execute its eminent domain rights over it, or simply enter the house in one of the social programs designed for rehabilitation of public nuissances. If the government is seeking to execute eminent domain there will be very little you can do except make sure that the funds are deposited in an account pending the distribution. In any case, you need to complete an heir declaration procedure. If the property is not subjected to eminent domain, then you must commence a liquidation in the first instance court of the Commonwealth so that the property is sold and divided.

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Answered on 8/26/03, 6:09 pm


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