My mother inherited a house in michigan where she had never resided , having lived for the last 15 years in arizona. She died a year later before the executor-lawyer transfered the deed over to her name. ? is in the event of death of benifiary before title conveyed from previous estate does title go directly to her three children? She was single with no living siblings. Does Federal law rule over Michigan law? I read that under Federal law Real Estate not yet transfered to decident goes to heirs at the time of death. The executor of previous estate transfered title to executor of my mothers estate who will not say what she has done with the 500K house. It has been 23 months now, my mother had no debt and 300K in cash. I am one of her three children to whom she left everything . ???