‘My brother has done nothing,’ but lays claim to my late father’s home. I've lived there since 2016. What should I do?

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‘My brother has done nothing,’ but lays claim to my late father’s home. I've lived there since 2016. What should I do?
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‘He also keeps telling me what I can and can't do with the property.'

He has property, and a home. I’ve lived on the property and in the home since 2016. Nothing has been filed in probate court.

I’ve been taking care of all funeral costs and debts, maintaining the property, and paying property taxes, on top of filing my father’s last tax return. Do you have a question about buying or selling a home? Do you want to know where your next move should be? Email Aarthi Swaminathan at [email protected] things first: You need to set boundaries with your brother.

In Ohio, if one dies without a will, the state laws determine who inherits the estate. “Those laws can be unfair,” Geoffrey Kunkler, an estate attorney with the law firm Carlile, Patchen & Murphy in Columbus, Ohio, told MarketWatch, but “they generally leave the estate equally to the closest surviving heirs.”

If you file with the probate court to be the administrator, then you’ll be in charge of transferring ownership of the assets your dad owned, which includes the house. And for this hassle, Kunkler said that you may be reimbursed for some of the expenses you’ve borne so far. “I would recommend taking care of this sooner rather than later,” he added. “The more time passes and the more she spends, the harder it will be to unravel this mess.”

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