Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Texas
Getting the house in my name
My father passed and left a will naming me as his ''personal representative'' and the will also says that he leaves his house and all of its contents to me. What do I need to do to get the legal right to sell the home. I already have the deed with only my fathers name on it, a death certificate, and the original notarized signed will. Our neighbor wishes to buy the home. After all is said and done, my sister and I are going 50/50 on whatever we get for the run down home (after finally getting a monument for my dads burial lot). We also have two other sisters that my father did not want to have any of his property. Please advise or at least point me in the right direction.
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Re: Getting the house in my name
You need contact a lawyer to help you probate the will in court, so that title to the house will go to you, and no interest will go to your two sisters who should not be getting any interest in it.
The type of probate will depend upon the other contents of the will, whether there are debts, what assets there are, etc. You cannot sell the house until the will is probated.
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