Legal Question in Family Law in Pennsylvania
my husband's first wife died. the property that we want to put a septic system on is being held up because the woman in charge says that my husband is not immediate family on the property that was left to his first wife. she was alive 15 years from the date that the property was signed over to her and my husband. according to US standards he is considered family. what does Pa. law say?
1 Answer from Attorneys
I don't give a hoot as to what US standards say. What is on the deed and what does it say? That is what is controlling here.
If your husband and his first wife were deeded a piece of land and owned the land as a tenancy by the entireties (i.e., as husband and first wife), then the land passed to your husband automatically upon the death of the first wife and he can do what he wants with it. It does not matter whether they owned it for 15 years or 15 minutes - if it is Pennsylvania land owned by the entireties then it is your husband's.
Why is some other woman in charge? Who is she? What do you mean by "she's in charge?" Of what? And the fact that she proclaims to be in charge suggests that something is not right with the deed. You had best go to a real estate attorney after you get a copy of the deed from the recorder of deeds at the courthouse in the county where the land is located.
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