Pennsylvania Estate Planning Legal Questions

The life estate can be drafted in a variety of ways but typically ends on the earlier of your death or when you vacate the property.  At the conclusion of your life estate, your rights (or in other words your interest) in the house terminate and you have no further obligation concerning the house. ... Read More

I'm sorry to hear about your mother's condition.  I hope she is not in pain and is peaceful.  Is the attorney actually deceased?  You might complete a request for his forwarding address with the post office (they have a form for that).  Check with the local bar association to see if anyone knows of him and his current whereabouts.  Did you check here:  http://www.padisciplinaryboard.org/look-up/pa-attorney-search.php? ... Read More

Unfortunately, you probably will need an attorney. Your are responsible for the taxes as long as this house stays in your name. An attorney would need to examine your contract with them. If you would have had an attorney draft a land sale contract, you would have been protected. A local attorney may be able to initiate contact with them and get them moving or see if you have rights to foreclose. state. I really don't want to get into a lot of expense through the > courts since the house did not cost that much to begin with. I don't believe there was anything in the original contract specifying how long they had to record the deed. I thought that would just be implied that once the sell was complete that they would have to record the deed. I have thought about trying to cut off the utilities, but not sure if I can do that. My main objective is just to get the buyers to record the dead and get my name off of it, so that tax bills are not coming in my name. I assume that they will have to pay the unpaid taxes to be able to record the deed.... Read More

If you are saying, he has no legal right to be in the property, you can have him removed, and really should do so to avoid him from doing anything out of spite. However, if he has lived there for any period of time, you may have to comply with eviction laws. You might also want to talk to the local police.... Read More

When someone dies, and there is property to pass on to their heirs, an estate should be opened. If a valid will can be found, it should be filed when opening the estate. The will dictates who will inherit from the estate. If there is no will, or if none can be found, an estate can still be opened. In that case, intestate law determines the order of the family members who inherit. If you think there is a newer will, find it, and find an attorney to file it with a petition for rule to show cause why the new will should not be filed.... Read More

Outside of denouncing her Muslim faith, the option would be to hire an attorney and file to have either you or the Muslim aunt as guardian. If the non-Muslim aunt is not acting in the best interests of grandmother and it is medically possible for grandmother to live outside a nursing setting, then you may have a case.... Read More

This will be easier with an attorney. Whatever you agree upon. You can agree on having one or several appraisals done. You can also agree to value the land based on the county market value. To transfer the land your mother will have to die first, then a deed needs to be issued from the estate to the one sibling if he or she still wants to buy. The estate lawyer can probably handles this.... Read More