Adoption By Marriage and Succession Rights
Hey... didn't know if this was the place to ask this but I figured it might be. So this is a little colorful but would appreciate any help possible even if it's a redirection to where this question would be answered better would be lovely. So, here goes: my mother and myself have lived in our rent controlled apt. for a long time. I have have been here for the past 29 years and my mother way before that. It belonged to my grandfather who is not my mother's biological father but he married my grandma back in the 50's. Back then it was more like you inherit the child through marriage without the need or desire to document it the way things are more to the letter now I suppose. So he had taken her on as his daughter and has seen and treated her as such since.
His name as been on the lease since my mom had moved in. Building management has refused to give us a new lease for the past 5 years or so stating that they would like proof of her birth relation before they did. My mom has been in this apt. for over 40 or so years and should by law have succession rights, but laws and rules and such keep changing and it's like now she is being penalized for not being his blood daughter but has been his daughter in every shape of the word regardless of blood.
If anyone out there could send any help/suggestions possible of how to make all this work it would be extremely helpful. Sorry for the length and emotional state of this note, but it's my mom, and I would do anything I could to help her out. Thank you all so much in advance!!