What to do if my aunt is trying to get me to sign paperwork because I am an heir of my deceased mother?
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What to do if my aunt is trying to get me to sign paperwork because I am an heir of my deceased mother?
My grandmother passed away 20 years ago, leaving behind my grandfather and 6 living children. From what I understand, half of everything was to go to her children and they signed over rights back to my grandfather. My mother passed away 7 years ago leaving behind 5 children. Now I was contacted by an Aunt that bought the property from my grandfather in the mid 90’s and now cannot sell the property because of some glitch in the signed paperwork and want my siblings and I to sign for our mother since we are her heirs. I was informed I didn’t need a lawyer and all I had to do was sign.
Asked on January 3, 2012 under Estate Planning, Texas
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
I think that the best thing for you to do is to go and bring the paperwork to an attorney to review on your behalf. If it was the intent of your mother and her siblings to give everything back to their Father then it could be that just what she has said: something was left out of the paperwork that allowed the transfer to be perfected. What you are probably signing has to do with waiving your rights to something and you should always have an attorney look at those type of documents to protect yourself. Good luck.
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