My mother in law entered into a private sale of her property with a gentleman and quit claimed the property over to him with the agreement that when all the conditions of the "sales contract" was fulfilled then he was to record the quit claim. This man falied to fulfill his contract but recorded the quit claim anyway. How can we set aside the quit claim and regain possession of the property? By the way we are in the state of California and my mother in law is 80 yrs old.

... How can we set aside the quit claim and regain possession of the property? ...

She really "sold the farm", so-to-speak. Needless to say, this probably wouldn't have happened had she consulted with an attorney before she did this to herself. So, if there is any hope, and I don't give you much, she had best find an attorney to take her case.

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