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What is the name of your state?ny in ny, are there "squatter's rights". we have lived and worked on a piece of family property for 16 years. we have paid all taxes, insurances, improvements and maintenance. mil/fil agreed to transfer property over to us. then the lawyer died and made no...

What is the name of your state?new york what are the rules for gifting certain assetts before applying for medicaid. my mil owns half interest in a piece of property. she has dementia. we recently lost fil and he was her primary caregiver. we are trying to hold off as long as we can but the...

also, if we were to have her power of attorney sign this agreement, would that be legal or would it complicate things. my mil is "all there in the head" but she has communication problems

also, filing a "partition" was mentioned. what exactly does this involve? and would it be easier for me and my husband to file for it after we do the "partial assignment" since mil has difficulty going out of the house. she has muscular and speech problems, so going out in public is very hard on...

this is a very touchy family situation. we've paid all the bills here, ie. taxes, etc for the past 18 years. the property has been in this family for 150 years, so we don't want to risk losing it. mil has dementia. i feel she is competant to make this decisiioon, however she has trouble writing...

What is the name of your state?ny this is a complicated situation, here is the condensed version. mil's father died 18 yrs ago. estate was left equally to her and her brother. went through probate and all was settled except deed was never changed over. the property is still in the name of the...

What is the name of your state?NY this is very complicated. please hear me out and offer any advice! my husband's grandfather died 18 years ago. he willed 2 parcels of property to my mil and her brother jointly. everything was done with the will, etc. except they never had the deeds transferred...

my mother-in-law and her brother own property jointly. it was willed to them by their father. in the event that one of them becomes very ill, what claim might medicare have against this property?

my husbands mother and uncle inherited an estate(new york) from their father a number of years ago. my husband has leased this property for 10 years with the understanding that it would be sold to us eventually. our lease is up, yet we still continue the upkeep and taxes on this property(part of...