Donald Ray Koenig
New Member
- Jurisdiction
- Texas
A family owns a home. They have one child, a son. The mother dies and the father does not probate the will. 5 years later the father dies and gives the house to the grandson. The grandson lives in the house but also does not probate the will. Now after 5 years the grandson has not paid the city, school and county taxes on the house. The county is going to take the house and sell it sometime later in the year. What can the son do to get ownership of the house and pay off the tax lien? I thought that since the wills were never probated the son was then the owner.