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Ancestry/Genealogy

dawg day

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8. I'm sure it's wonderful, but if you're not going to live there--

Reply to blur256 (Original post)

Sun Apr 7, 2019, 09:02 PM

Apr 2019

it might be best to let another family grow up in that house.

I hope your mother intends to leave the proceeds to you and your brother when she passes. But you don't want the house to be left vacant for years if she can't deal with it anymore.

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I don't know that this is the place to post this [View all] blur256 Apr 2019 OP

When my mom died we gave the last acres she owned in the county applegrove Apr 2019 #1

Thank you blur256 Apr 2019 #3

Depends what type of a trust. Phoenix61 Apr 2019 #2

I'm not sure blur256 Apr 2019 #5

That would be a good idea. To become Phoenix61 Apr 2019 #11

Notarized copy? csziggy Apr 2019 #15

Yes, the UPS store usually has a notary Phoenix61 Apr 2019 #18

Read the message I responded to csziggy Apr 2019 #20

If your mother set up the trust she is the sole decider on what sinkingfeeling Apr 2019 #4

Thank you for that blur256 Apr 2019 #6

Only one I can think of is you and your wife buying the house from your mom. sinkingfeeling Apr 2019 #7

Me too blur256 Apr 2019 #10

Not true. If it's a revocable trust Phoenix61 Apr 2019 #19

Her mother set up the trust and her mother is still alive. sinkingfeeling Apr 2019 #21

I'm sure it's wonderful, but if you're not going to live there-- dawg day Apr 2019 #8

I want to live there so badly blur256 Apr 2019 #9

it will be tough mercuryblues Apr 2019 #12

I do appreciate that blur256 Apr 2019 #13

That's kind of heartbreaking-- dawg day Apr 2019 #17

If you and your mother are on good terms radical noodle Apr 2019 #14

Actually, just try posting this in the Lounge -- that's where everyone post personal stuff. eppur_se_muova Apr 2019 #16