What are our rights to occupancy if my grandmother left her house to my brother and I after she passed?
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What are our rights to occupancy if my grandmother left her house to my brother and I after she passed?
While he and I were too young to actually receive the property, my uncle and his wife moved into it and forged signatures to put the house in their names. My dad found out and went to change the paperwork back so that we are the inheriters as should be. Now that we are old enough, we want to move in the home but my uncle and his family still reside in the residence. How do I get what’s mine in a proper manner.
Asked on October 3, 2015 under Real Estate Law, Alabama
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
If you arr an owner, you uncle has no right to live in the house unless a co-owner your brother lets hims stay there any owner can let someone stay in the property. You should be able to remove him through what is called an ejectment action "ejectment" is eviction for people who are in a property but who are not rent-paying tenants. Ejectment is more complex the typical nonpayment of rent eviction action you are advised to retain an attorney to help you.
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