Mother in law passed away recently….she made it known to the family that her cars would be left to certain family members but she did not put it in her will. W
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Mother in law passed away recently….she made it known to the family that her cars would be left to certain family members but she did not put it in her will. W
My mother in law passed away recently.
She notified the family that her car
would be given to a certain family
member..this is totally understood by
the family but she did not put it in her
will before she passed…what can we
do??…what do we take to the DMV??
Asked on November 13, 2017 under Estate Planning, Georgia
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
If you mother-in-law passed away, then *only* her will matters: what is "understood" by other people or what she said to family members (but did not put in her will) is irrelevant, because only a properly signed and witnessed will--not any other expression or indication of a person's wishes--controls what happens to property after death. So if she did not put it in her will, she may as well have not said this at all; the car will go to whomever the will indicates it goes to.
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