[burnt_out]

What kind of criminal charges can I file against a couple who has forged the signature of our dead aunt in order to have the papers for the house and lot transferred to their name? I have obtained a copy of the alleged legal deed of sale. The "sale" was done March 2006 but our aunt died November 2005. Am I right to say that the lawyer who notarized this as well the witnesses can also be filed charges as well?

[ebaines]

Do you know the terms of your aunt's will? Have you talked to the executor of the will to find out how the property was handled? Perhaps your aunt left the property to this couple?

[burnt_out]

Do you know the terms of your aunt's will? Have you talked to the executor of the will to find out how the property was handled? Perhaps your aunt left the property to this couple?

Hi Ebaines,

My aunt left a handwritten will giving me the property. This couple(the girl is actually my cousin) I believe has an interest in this property and this is why they did this.

[ebaines]

A hand-written will? Did you bring this forward back in 2005? At that time you should have hired an attorney to contest the sale of the house - why have you waited 4 years? I'm wondering if your cousin (your aunt's daughter, I assume) perhaps petitioned the court to declare that her mother died intestate (without a valid will) in which case your aunt's estate would have passed by law to her heirs - depending on the state most likely to a combination of her spouse (if he was still still alive) and her children. At this late date, I suggest you contact an attorney and ask him to look at this hand-written will and give you his opinion about it. Hand-written wills can be valid - IF they are properly drawn up and witnessed, so see what the attorney says.

[burnt_out]

I have to admit I was a bit complacent as I thought my cousin and her husband would honor and respect what my aunt wanted for this house. Obviously I was wrong. My aunt was never married nor had any children this is why she left this property to me.