Posts Tagged ‘mediation before litigation’
Partition Lawsuit Required If Brother and Sister Can’t Agree on Who Inherits Home
Question: My mother owned a home in the Red Mountain area of Mesa for more than 20 years. She recently passed away. Before she passed away she recorded a beneficiary deed 50/50 for her home, to me and to my sister who lives in Oregon. The home is worth $850,000. My sister needs money so…
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Question: Before we bought our $800,000 Peoria home last summer, we only looked at the home during the day. We were never told by the seller that next door to our Peoria home was a short-term rental home and that there would be loud parties almost every night. When we complained to the owner of…
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Question: We signed a purchase contract to buy an expensive home in Carefree. We deposited $25,000 earnest money. Because of the COVID-19 crisis, however, our financial situation significantly changed, and we no longer want to buy the home. We agreed with the seller to cancel the purchase contract, and we are willing to forfeit the…
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