Re: Who gets the house

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You say you have a lawyer. You should be asking your lawyer
these questions.

On 4/30/06, Traci Allen wrote:
> My husband and I have conservatorship of an elderly couple.
> Acutally our neighbors who have no family other than a
> niece who is in her late 70's with medical trouble and
> lives in anther state. we are in california, we were told
> by our lawyer that the conservatorship over rides the wills
> and in the wills it state that the house would go to the
> niece, who has told us she would sell it to us when the
> time is appropriate. we have been told that the state,
> (medical) would take the house because the wife is in long
> term convelescent care. the husband still resides in the
> home. We take him everyday to have lunch with his wife.
> There are no outstanding medical bills, so how can the
> state take away thier home? both had told us before the
> wife became ill and in convelescent care that we could have
> the house because they had no one to give it to, but
> because of thier ages we didnt do anything as far as
> changing the deed for we didnt want anyone to think the
> wrong way and our main concern was thier care and well
> being. Any advise? thank you