What are my rights if I put money into a house that I thought my family was inheriting?
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What are my rights if I put money into a house that I thought my family was inheriting?
My mother-in-law passed away 2 years ago. When she got sick my children and I moved in to take care of her and her finance. My husband is and was incarcerated. Her daughter lives in another state and was never able to help. My mother-in-law passed before she was able to change the land trust into my kid’s names. The land trust was left in my sister-in-law’s name. She initially said she didn’t want to have anything to do with the house and it should go to my kids. Believing what she said, I went on paying all monies toward the house (ie mortgage, taxes, insurance, etc). Now, I;ve been told that she wants to sell the house and I got nothing coming. Can I put a lien on the house to get some of what I put into it.? Also, does my husband have anything coming?
Asked on October 28, 2012 under Real Estate Law, Illinois
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
From what you have written unless you have something in writing stating that if you put expenditures into the home and/or serviced its debt load from your mother-in-law that you would get the unit then you have no entitlement to the unit. Your recourse is to make a claim against your mother-in-law's estate for reimbursement of the funds that you expended.
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