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ScottGem · Sep 18, 2013, 03:22 AM

OK, without getting the OP to return and give more information, lets not continue abstract arguments of the law.

jamesmhernandez · Sep 18, 2013, 07:32 AM

What more do you need to know ?

joypulv · Sep 18, 2013, 07:36 AM

1. Who is the owner of record on the deed (easy to find at your deed office)?
2. Where is the owner now, and if the same woman, what is her status as far as disability and getting welfare benefits such as Medicaid?

ScottGem · Sep 18, 2013, 08:34 AM

Originally Posted by jamesmhernandez

what more do you need to know ?

In Post #3 I asked:

Who is listed on the title? Where is the owner now? Who is her conservator? How did you come to live in the house?

Also the questions Joy just asked are pertinent.

jamesmhernandez · Sep 18, 2013, 11:35 AM

The home owner is the one that is in the crazy home, her kids live out of country and do not want anything to do with her she legally gave them up for adoption when she was young. And her neighbor is a friend of mine that told me about the home

LisaB4657 · Sep 18, 2013, 11:43 AM

If the owner is in a "crazy home" then most likely she would qualify for a legal disability according to the state law. In such a case you would have to live in the home for 25 years (and fulfill all of the other requirements for ownership by adverse possession) before you could apply to a court for ownership.

joypulv · Sep 18, 2013, 11:46 AM

Answers leave more questions. Who paid the taxes all the years before you moved in?
What is the timeline of all events? For the last time, who pays her bills? If it's the state, THEY are going to take the house and put it up for sale in order to pay her medical bills.

You could end up not only with no house, but maybe even evicted by the state.

jamesmhernandez · Sep 18, 2013, 11:52 AM

Joy that's something I would have to look up , this house has been vacant for sometime I just paid last years it was cheap 10$ but I want to say she's been in the nursing home for less than 2 years I don't know who's paying her debt. I've personally been there for less than 6 months I had talked ot my friend about the time it was to pay the taxes and I offered to help because I felt sorry for her situation

ScottGem · Sep 18, 2013, 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by jamesmhernandez

joy thats something i would have to look up , this house has been vacant for sometime i just paid last years it was cheap 10$ but i want to say shes been in the nursing home for less than 2 years i dont know who's paying her debt. iv personally been there for less than 6 months i had talked ot my friend about the time it was to pay the taxes and i offered to help because i felt sorry for her situation

OK, Here's the situation. You are legally a trespasser. You have absolutely NO right to live in this house. If this woman has been institutionalized because she is not competent to attend to her own affairs, then, as part of her commitment to the institution someone was appointed as conservator to oversee her affairs. That person could be a social worker, state appointed attorney, or someone else. That conservator is probably unaware that you are trespassing.

At some point, the conservator will check on the house and find out you are there. At that point you will either be arrested for trespassing, thrown out as a trespasser, or evicted. Any taxes you paid, work you did on the house etc, will be forfeited.

So, you have a couple of choices. One, you could try to find out who the conservator is and offer to buy the house. Two, you could leave the immediately. Note: if you are thrown out for trespassing, you could lose any belongings you have in the house.

One last point, how did you get into the house in the first place? If the doors were locked or boarded up, then you could be prosecuted for breaking and entering.

Bottom line here is there is a process for trying to gain ownership of abandoned property. And its not what you have been doing.