QUESTION
My question involves a real estste problem as described below..
Asked on Feb 11th, 2014 on Residential Real Estate - Virginia
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Hello. My Grandmother paid off her home and property many years ago and at that time she received the deed to the property and the house. My mother (her daughter) was appointed by my Grandmother to be the executor of the estate and took possession of the home and property after my Grandmother died. She later made me the Executor of the Estate as she became ill and later died. She never put my Grandmothers Will in probate and I have no idea what to do because I need to have the deed changed so as to take my Grandmother's name off of the deed and have it put in mine and my brothers' name so if we choose to sell the home and property we will be able to. There are NO Liens on the house or property.
1 ANSWER
First, assuming your grandmother left the property to your mother, you will need to probate (record) her will in the Circuit Court Clerk's office. You will also need to probate your mother's will, if she had one. If your mother was an only child, and if you and your brother are the only children, it might be simpler to just record a list of heirs for each of them and have the property pass intestate (without a will). If your grandmother had multiple children, finding the original will will be critical as otherwise, the property passed to each of their children, ALL of their chldren.
Answered on Feb 12th, 2014 at 3:34 PM