anyone know this?

[BlueCat]

The best would be to have her sell it to you for 1$ then you would not have to go thru probate ... I believe after 2 years of it being yours no one can touch you...

Wow that IS a good idea!:thumbsup: As long as it is all paid for otherwise wouldn't you have to get an appraisal?

BlueCat Reviewed by BlueCat on 01-16-2007. anyone know this? in the state of texas, if my grandma just signed an ordinary paper stating that upon her death am i to inherit her house.. would that technically be legal, and mean i get the house... or would i end up screwed because it's not an actual will (there's no way she's ever going to get around to doing so... and she's expressed before she wants me to have the house and no one else... and i want to ensure that happens... if anyone else in our family gets it, me and my wife and child will be kicked out Rating: 5

[BlueCat]

Skink your avatar is always so funny

[couch-potato]

Yeah dude I'd talk to a judge or something A.S.A.P.

I know jack shit about legal stuff, I'm an artist but don't be lazy about this one.

[Skink]

Wow that IS a good idea!:thumbsup: As long as it is all paid for otherwise wouldn't you have to get an appraisal?

I only assume the house is fre and clear... anything you would have to do now you would only have to do later...

it is a matter of recording the deed if no bank is involved...

[Skink]

Skink your avatar is always so funny

Thanks BC:smokin: :smokin: :smokin:

[birdgirl73]

Slipknot, there are other places like that Legal Zoom place that may cost less money. Just do a search. Homemade wills are perfectly valid if they're notarized and witnessed and filed with the county. And in most places in Texas, even handwritten, non-notarized wills are taken into account if they can be proven to be valid and if the other alternative is complete "intestacy" (absence of a legal will). You definitely want to make sure she gets her wishes on paper and gets it witnessed and notarized or sells the house to you before she passes because, if there's ever a clan that's likely to fight over an estate, I'm guessing your family is probably it. If she dies intestate and the house and its contents have to go through probate court, it'll likely be divided up equally among whatever heirs she has (after court costs are taken out--another reason for her not to let that happen).