Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Tennessee

Verbal ownership

My friend (age 66) recently died and had verbally

promised me a shed (which is on my property) that he

had purchased to keep his belongings in, when he

moved into my home in order for me to take care of him

due to his ill health. I nursed him since 1999. He has

two daughters and a will. We three are in the will. I am

to get 10% of the total estate. He ask that all his

property and real estate (which he did not own any

property at the time of his death) be sold and divided

with me getting 10% of the top and them dividing the

remaining 60% and 40%. He verbally gave me the

shed and told his daughter this also. She also verbally

gave me the computer he had bought for me to use for

our church. My question is: Will the shed and computer

be part of the estate, since he had already given it to

me, and how long can his belongings stay on my

property before they are mine or how long does she

have to remove them?


Asked on 8/03/05, 3:20 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Autry Jones Jones & Landers, Attorneys At Law

Re: Verbal ownership

It depends on whether the executor included the shed and computer in the estate's inventory. If so, all still is not lost. You could still settle the estate with you getting the computer and shed. If it's not included in the estate's inventory you then would then own the items, barring any other claims from others, i.e. creditors. I can help. 423 266-4855

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Answered on 8/04/05, 9:11 am


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