<div class="bbWrapper">I'm curious who you are in relation to this situation.<br />
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Boy was 17 when his dad was killed in a vehicular accident.
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When did this accident occur?<br />
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The deceased had listed the boy's grandparents as beneficiaries.
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Beneficiaries of what? Based on the first sentence of the following paragraph, I assume you're talking about a life insurance policy and maybe also some sort of employment pension plan, but one can be a beneficiary of any number of things.<br />
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Grandparents unexpectedly passed away
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When did this occur?<br />
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leaving no documents to show that the boy was the heir to his dad's finances (life insurance, workplace benefits, and settlements from 2 car insurance companies).
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Not really sure what this means. If the boy's grandparents received money from a life insurance policy, that was their money -- no different than any other money they had (unless they received this money as trustees for the boy's benefit). Upon the death of the first of the two grandparents, the survivor would likely inherit the entire estate (although that's not a certainty). Upon the death of the second of them, if there was no will or trust, then the estate (after payment of debt) would pass according to the applicable intestate succession law (i.e., the law that says who gets what when someone dies without a will).<br />
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an aunt claims she is the heir when the boy's grandparents died.
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Well...assuming this aunt was a daughter of the deceased grandparents, it would be very likely that she would be an heir (along with the boy) of her surviving parent's estate. Was this "claim" ever adjudicated by a court?<br />
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Aunt forced the boy (and his mom) to leave the house.
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When did this occur? How did she "force" them out?<br />
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Does this boy, now an adult, have a case to gain ownership of the house?
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Unlikely. However, you haven't given us a lot of information that would be needed even to make an educated guess about this. In addition to answering the questions I asked above, please tell us how the house was titled when the grandparents bought it.</div>
