Re: Who gets the house

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On 4/30/06, sharwinston wrote:
> 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

the lawyer was for the conservatorship process, but thank you
for your time anyways.