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Asking for a friend: A spouse who is 56 dies. He is on SSI disability and doesn't have any retirement. The property he and his wife has is in his name. The house is in both of thier names. He has two sons from a previous marriage. One is a drug addict and refuses to cooperate on the sale of the house even though he would get money for it. What are his widow's options?
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It sounds as though an adminstration of the estate is required. This is a court process. At the end of the process, if the parties cannot agree, then the property could potentially be partitioned (another court process) so that the property would be sold and the proceeds divided.
Answered on Jun 01st, 2015 at 9:00 AM