- Jurisdiction
- North Carolina
Hi, I'm trying to figure out something about transferring ownership of a vehicle of the deceased but with an asterisk, being the title was in two peoples names.
This as far as I can tell may be unique or at least very rare, but the circumstances around the vehicle in question are this. The title is for a vehicle that to this day has been sitting at a custom fabrican shop, and the vehicle is a vintage 50's panel truck that was undergoing massive body modification to be able to accommodate the owner whom was a Quadropedic and restricted to a wheelchair. The asterisk in this case is that the title for the vehicle was in the owner name, and also the name of his primary care giver, whom was a live-in full time that the owner added to the title for insurance purposes because she would have been the only driver once it was completed.
Unfortunately he passed before that could ever happen, and so the vehicle essentially got abandoned and still sits now 2 1/2 years later at the shop that was doing the work.
I'm looking into this matter on behalf of the caregiver who's name is still on the title. We've spoken to the shop that has it, and they are willing to release it to us, as is (incomplete), without penalties for storage. But the title still has the name of deceased on it, and the executor of estate never mentioned or challenged the caregiver for ownership throughout the proceedings for dealing with the estate.
I will add that things between the caregiver and the deceased's family after the passing weren't to good, because of the fact she (the caregiver) was residing solely in the home of the deceased and following the death they evicted her. So if at all possible she would like to avoid having to contact the executor of estate (the brother of the deceased).
So as you can see the circumstances around this aren't exactly standard which made my researching this for her very complicated. That's why I thought perhaps someone with more knowledge on the subject might be able to help if they new a little more about the case.
Any insight that could be offered on this matter would be welcomed and appreciated.
This as far as I can tell may be unique or at least very rare, but the circumstances around the vehicle in question are this. The title is for a vehicle that to this day has been sitting at a custom fabrican shop, and the vehicle is a vintage 50's panel truck that was undergoing massive body modification to be able to accommodate the owner whom was a Quadropedic and restricted to a wheelchair. The asterisk in this case is that the title for the vehicle was in the owner name, and also the name of his primary care giver, whom was a live-in full time that the owner added to the title for insurance purposes because she would have been the only driver once it was completed.
Unfortunately he passed before that could ever happen, and so the vehicle essentially got abandoned and still sits now 2 1/2 years later at the shop that was doing the work.
I'm looking into this matter on behalf of the caregiver who's name is still on the title. We've spoken to the shop that has it, and they are willing to release it to us, as is (incomplete), without penalties for storage. But the title still has the name of deceased on it, and the executor of estate never mentioned or challenged the caregiver for ownership throughout the proceedings for dealing with the estate.
I will add that things between the caregiver and the deceased's family after the passing weren't to good, because of the fact she (the caregiver) was residing solely in the home of the deceased and following the death they evicted her. So if at all possible she would like to avoid having to contact the executor of estate (the brother of the deceased).
So as you can see the circumstances around this aren't exactly standard which made my researching this for her very complicated. That's why I thought perhaps someone with more knowledge on the subject might be able to help if they new a little more about the case.
Any insight that could be offered on this matter would be welcomed and appreciated.
