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Probate

My father in law passed away in January 2018. In 2017 he wrote a new will and quit
claimed the deed to the house to his son my husband. The deed is in my husbands
name and has been since 2017. In 2016 his step daughter and her son put in a quit
claim deed forgeing his signature then they tried to have him evicted.Now the
stepdaughter found out that the step dad has passed and she claims the house is
hers. She showed up today at the house with paperwork she said she got from the
court that states the house is hers but the contents are my husbands.we have not
heard anything from the probate court on the disposition of the will.Is what she
doing legal and we were wondering how she got paperwork from the court since the
will and the death certificate were only filed in the court a week ago.

Asked on January 19, 2018 under Estate Planning, Florida

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