Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Florida

When an Estate is Sold do the parties involved get any paperwork to sign?

my sister Retha Hart sold the property of my Late father Denver Johnson and we recieved a cashiers check but no paperwork concerning the sale or what the property was sold for.i was under the impression that before the estate was sold that all parties involved had to sign legal documents,as we had to do one time before,with a lawyers office,she got rid of the estate lawyer and handled the sale of the property herself.was i supposed to get any thing to sign before the sale of the estate?


Asked on 6/11/06, 8:27 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Fred Wood Fred Wood & Associates LLC

Re: When an Estate is Sold do the parties involved get any paperwork to sign?

I can't answer this without seeing all the paperwork but it does sound fishy. If the Estate is still open it would be difficult for her to deed the property herself. To get some idea what is going on before hiring an atty of your own, you can get a copy of the deed she gave the purchaser. You can get this at the Courthouse for the county where the property is located. Look at the deed at the beginning and see who it says is the owner of the property. Also, if it doesn't give the sale price, the tax assessor or probate judge would have made them disclose the price in order to figure the tax. Either that or you can look at the mortgage records for the same day as the deed and see how much the buyer borrowed against it.

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Answered on 6/11/06, 11:45 pm


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