Posted on: 23rd Nov, 2009 10:20 pm
Good morning! My mom passed away in February and did not have a will. She left a house and 8 acres of land to her 8 children. Please let me know if their is anyway we can sell property and land without going through probate. None of us can afford the cost of the process. We were told the probate amount can be taken out but now we are hearing added expenses and a different story from the short time we sat with the Probate Attorney.
Please let me know if there is anything we can do to expeditiously sell the house or land without probate. Our blessed mother wanted to leave something to her children and we decided to wait a year to think things through and realize this would be the better decision. Please advise.
Thank you very much.
p.s. No money or taxes are owed on the property or land and we have the deeds for both.
Please let me know if there is anything we can do to expeditiously sell the house or land without probate. Our blessed mother wanted to leave something to her children and we decided to wait a year to think things through and realize this would be the better decision. Please advise.
Thank you very much.
p.s. No money or taxes are owed on the property or land and we have the deeds for both.
You have mentioned that your mother did not have a will. In that case, you as well as your siblings will have to file an affidavit of heirship and transfer the property in your names. After that you can sell off the property. As there is no will, you won't have to go through a probate.