Briefly. My parents separated 20 years ago, never divorced. My dad signed over half the house to me and my sister, so we own 1/4 each and my mum owns half. We have had no contact with her since they split (terrible relationship all round). Dad died in November and left a small estate consisting of some savings which we are entitled to a third each. The house of course is now not part of the estate, but now he has died, we obviously would like to sell it. Mum is not responding to any lawyers letters re all of this. We knew she wouldn't, she has undiagnosed mental health issues and when they were considering divorce all those years ago, she stopped responding to her own lawyer and it all fell through. This suited dad though, it meant he could stay in the house.
Our lawyer is saying if mum continues to ignore all letters (which she absolutely will), there is not much we can do. So, do we have to wait til she dies before we can sell the house and hope she doesn't have a will?? I don't want any contact with her, very long story, but I don't want to see her, so going round to the house is not an issue. My cousin tried to do this a couple of years ago about another matter, and she was in, but didn't answer the door.
So where does this leave us, does anyone know? There must be a way of forcing this sale through. I can't bear the idea of the house lying empty for years and years.