Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Missouri

My father left his house to my mother (they were divorced). My father died in March 2008. Shortly after my father's death my mother put the house in my name and my younger brother's name (as my older brother and sister had outstanding unpaid debts in collections and a bankruptcy on their credit records). My mother passed away in December 2009. My sister is insisting on selling the house and contents and splitting the money. My younger brother and I are not in agreement with her. In between my father's death and mother's death, my older brother also died.

She allegedly has sought the advice on an attorney accusing me of taking advantage of my mother and coercing her to not put my sister's name on the house. The clerk at the title company questioned my mother about putting our names on the house and explained that by her signing and making this change she agreed to it and was not coerced into this decision. The deed was witnessed and notarized at that time.

My sister's name is not on the house. Does she have any legal grounds to force my brother and I to sell this and split the money with her? Also, the contents of the house are another topic of concern. She is insisting we have to sell those items as well. My mother had no will and most of those items were my father's which were left in the home that was left to my mother.

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