My mother-in-law has a life estate on a condo in Florida. My wife and brother-in-law were tenants-in common on the deed. my brother-in-law died last year.What needs to be done now so that if my Mother-in-law dies,my wife and the other tenant in common(I assume my brother-in law's wife would replace my brother-in law on the quit claim deed) can sell the property.Neither my wife nor my brother-in-law nor my brother-in-law's wife are Florida residents.
*This chat is not intended as legal advice. It is general information that may or may not apply to your situation and should not be relied upon.*Welcome,It is my goal to deliver information in five-star manner. I am a licensed Florida attorney but I am not your attorney. The law does not allow me to provide legal advice or form an attorney-client relationship on this public forum. If at any time the information which I provide is not clear to you or does not fully answer your question, please ask me for clarification by using the reply button.Your brother in law's interest in the property would be part of your brother-in-law's probate estate. If an estate has been opened for your brother-in-law in his State of residence then an ancillary probate would be required in Florida. If a probate was not opened in your brother-in-law State of residence, it will be necessary to open a probate in that state and then open an ancillary probate in Florida.I think this is what you wanted to know. Please let me know if I have answered your question
Not really. His estate passes to his wife and he has no probate in his state of residence(NY) nor does he seem to need one in NY that I am aware of.
I am licensed in both New York and Florida. Unfortunately you cannot simply open a probate in Florida since your brother-in-law was not a resident of Florida. The probate must be opened in the state of the decedent's residence. Thus it is necessary to open a probate in New York and then open an ancillary probate in Florida.This is a very unfortunate result as additional time and money will be required in transferring the property. Had the property been held jointly between your wife and your brother-in-law, the property would've passed by operation of law to your wife without any court involvement
Can a probate in NY be opened strictly for this property and nothing else involving the estate and would the same be true in FL once something was done in NY-or will FL just rely on whatever NY does?
A probate can be opened in New York just for the purpose of the property in question. Once the probate is opened in New York, a 2nd probate known as an ancillary probate needs to be opened in Florida. Unfortunately this will require you to retain an attorney in both New York and in Florida.Here is a link to a free site that may assist you in locating competent legal counsel: www.Martindale.com
I still dont understand how my sister-in-law can open just a probate for this particular property(in NY) without having to account for the disposition of the entire estate. Is there a form she fills out? If so, what is it?
Thank you but I cannot represent customers of the site.Your sister-in-law will require local counsel in New York to open the probate for her.Only assets subject to probate would be listed in the estate. Items that are held jointly with right of survivorship, transfer on death properties and life insurance to a beneficiary pass by operation of law to the survivor and therefore are not considered assets subject to probate.Here is a link to a free site that may assist you in locating competent legal counsel: www.Martindale.com
I already rated your service as good-so you can get paid even though I did not really learn anything of value from your answers and am not yet satisfied. Basically, you said I needed attorneys in both FL and NY. I could have learned that for free by asking an attorney in NY the same question.
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Will you allow me a few minutes to review the facts? I believe I can help I'm revewing the case now
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Since your wife (let's use W) and brother in law (B) are tenant's in common, each's half pass on his or her death to whomever that person designates by will or the laws of intestacy if there is no will.
When B died, the WB deed has to be changed so that subsequent purchasers will
have valid title.
I agree with the former expert's statement:
"...................Your brother in law's interest in the property would be part of your brother-in-law's probate estate. If an estate has been opened for your brother-in-law in his State of residence then an ancillary probate would be required in Florida. If a probate was not opened in your brother-in-law State of residence, it will be necessary to open a probate in that state and then open an ancillary probate in Florida."
What has to happen is this: Assuming that B has an executor (E) if there's a will or an administrator (A) if there was no will. TWO NEW DEEDS MUST BE GENERATED:
1. A deed executed by W and E or A transferring W's 1/2 to W alone. The deed should refer to the old WB deed.
2. A deed executed bu W and E or A transferring B's 1/2 to the Estate of B, the deed once again referring to the old WB deed.
NOTE THAT YOUR MOTHER'S LIFE ESTATE REAMAINS THROUGH ALL OF THIS...............
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At this point, W or B's estate (or whoever B left his 1/2 to) an sell their 1/2 to anyone. Another common solution based on the needs or wants of the parties, is that W buys out B's interest and gets full title or B's estate (etc.) buys out W's interest and takes full title.
BotXXXXX XXXXXne.......W mother's life estate remains until she dies
ALL DEEDS MENTIONED ABOVE MUST SPECIFY THAT THEY ARE SUBJECT TO YOUR MOTHER'S LIFE ESTATE
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Lawyers will be needed
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They will have all the forms for the filing of estate documents and deeds
Rich
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