Claiming family land from a missing relative with a squatter on the land
We have a cousin that has been missing for years. He owns some family land and leased the land around his house (on the land)for cattle and also the farming to another person. This person has continued to run cattle and farm the land. The closest living relative to the missing relative is his mother who is 93 and in a nursing home. We are very interested in keeping the land in the family. What are our rights? What are the persons right who runs the cattle and farms the land. We have found out that this person has paid the property taxes the past few years. The relative has been missing long enough to be declared dead. No improvement have been made to the property by the leasee. He has made money off the land by farming and running cattle.
Comment on ScottGem's post
I like what you are saying. Where did your information come from, others have a very different take on the situation.
Comment on joypulv's post
He has been missing close to 20 years. He left the country in a hurry when he became a suspect in a murder case. He had working in Central America and family assumed he went to Central America. No one has heard or seen him since he left. Per his mother, who he was not close to, there is no will.