Legal Question in Real Estate Law in South Carolina
property rights
A woman lives on a piece of property that I have recently inheritated. She has lived there since 1972. She has paid no tax on the property, only on the mobile home that she owns. She has no papers of anykind on the property. I was told by an attorney in Anderson that a judge would give her the property if it goes to court, and by another that a judge would probably give her a life stay. Any opinion?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: property rights
There is a possibility that she would have some claim to some of the property under an adverse possession legal theory. You should file a quiet title action to get it resolved once and for all. A quiet title action is an action to establish your title to the property. She and any other persons who may claim an interest in the property would be the defendants and they would have to come to court and make their claim, if they have any, at that time. Then the judge would decide who the rightful owner/owners of the property are.
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