Legal Question in Mediation in Texas

Verbal Agreements
several years ago our son in law came to me and asked if they could us 2 acres of our land to put a mobile home on. But it needed to be in their name in order to put the home on it.I convinced my husband to do it because of our daughter and two grand children needed stability. But we had a verbal agreement that it would come back to us when the moved off of it .They did move but our son in law refused to return it.it has been several years as they move elsewhere and built a nice brick home ( they rented the mobile home on the land which was distroyed by the tenants and then reposessed ). They are now doing quite well but my husband and I are old,sick and can't afford to pay for things we need. We tried to get the land back so we could sell out here and move into a cheaper place to live. But the son in law refuses to give it back. I have an abscessed tooth that I need to see an oral surgeon too.But he refuses to help or return the land but said he would sell the land for cash ''under the table''and give us a little of it.

Is there any thing we can do? I am disabled and unable to work. My husband is almost 69 yrs old and very ill.

Asked on 7/19/07, 3:01 am

Peter Bradie Bradie, Bradie & Bradie

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Re: Verbal Agreements

Unfortunately any agreement concerning real property must be in writing. A verbal agreement is useless.

Take the best deal you can.

Answered on 7/19/07, 1:13 pm

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