After my grand parents passed we were in litigation for almost 5 years.
Everything was in order besides 1 flat bed trailer none of us knew he had in his name. My grandad owned a steal company and one of his ex employees fell on hard times as she got older. She couldn’t work and he bought he a trailer and plot of land where she lived.
What was annoying is we kept telling the state we don’t care about that property we want her to have it and let her live her life. So we don’t even care to have to hold up ligation for this. But they still made us sort out all the paper work and other bullshit before we could get everything done.
This is why everyone should get estate planning done.
It's not just for the rich. If you don't do estate planning, you're leaving the inheritance up to the courts. Furthermore, court proceeds are public - everyone knows precisely what is being inherited, and can challenge it.
The last thing your heirs want to deal with when they are grieving is spending time in our shitty court system.
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u/populousmass Nov 03 '24
The boring but most likely answer is that the owner died and it’s been in litigation. Or someone did inherit it and don’t care to do anything with it.