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What do you mean when you state that your grandmother left it to you? She's still alive. Did she record a quit claim deed transferring her share to you?
What do you mean when you state that your grandmother left it to you? She's still alive. Did she record a quit claim deed transferring her share to you?
Yes she is still living. And we are in the process of doing the quick claim deed, but I was hoping I could get all of the land in my name before doing this.
Could this possibly fall under the adverse possession law? ( not sure I worded that right ) I ask because her granddad is the only one to have paid the taxes. Maybe op has a case of abandonment from the others.?? Good luck op.
I asked a lawyer about this and he said in Alabama when one person pays the taxes it is consider the be paid for all the people on the deed. But that surely cant be fair. My grandfather has been paying taxes on this land and they don't have to pay anything.
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I asked a lawyer about this and he said in Alabama when one person pays the taxes it is consider the be paid for all the people on the deed. But that surely cant be fair. My grandfather has been paying taxes on this land and they don't have to pay anything.
I expect this is the same in every state, it is in mine. Remember that the taxing authority doesn't levy property taxes on the individual owner(s), it's called a property tax for a reason, it's levied against the property. When paid, the "debt" is extinguished no matter how many people are on title.
The options (like in a divorce) are to present the Court with a deal where everyone involved
has signed and sealed all wrapped up in nice ribbon and bows ... or have him order it sold.
They learned a LONG time ago to not do the King Solomon thing.
Good luck getting everyone in the family to sign off.
Heck, just making the list of which descendents have what right to what % is tough enough.
I have a list of the heirs. So far my grandfather legally owns 3 shares of the 6. I have been able to get one more heir to agree to sign a quick claim deed. So that would total it to 4 out of 6 shares we own. share # 5 has 2 heirs and I have gotten 1 to sign hers over and I am working on the other one. So with this being said once I get 5 out of 6 shares surely there has got to be some way to force the heirs to # 6 share to either sale/give me their part or split there %/acreage of land so I can have a separate deed. Also I have talked to a lawyer about the % and he has broken it down to who would get what.
I am not an attorney but I don't think you can force them to sell to you or partition it. I think what you get is a forced sale of the whole property and the proceeds split up by percentage owned.
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