Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Tennessee
Verbal ownership
My friend (age 66) recently died and had verbally
promised me a shed (which is on my property) that he
had purchased to keep his belongings in, when he
moved into my home in order for me to take care of him
due to his ill health. I nursed him since 1999. He has
two daughters and a will. We three are in the will. I am
to get 10% of the total estate. He ask that all his
property and real estate (which he did not own any
property at the time of his death) be sold and divided
with me getting 10% of the top and them dividing the
remaining 60% and 40%. He verbally gave me the
shed and told his daughter this also. She also verbally
gave me the computer he had bought for me to use for
our church. My question is: Will the shed and computer
be part of the estate, since he had already given it to
me, and how long can his belongings stay on my
property before they are mine or how long does she
have to remove them?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Verbal ownership
It depends on whether the executor included the shed and computer in the estate's inventory. If so, all still is not lost. You could still settle the estate with you getting the computer and shed. If it's not included in the estate's inventory you then would then own the items, barring any other claims from others, i.e. creditors. I can help. 423 266-4855
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