So, my grandmother is very, very sick and she's put off getting Power of Attorney done for years now. I feel it may be too late. I'm not sure she'll be coherent enough to speak with a lawyer and sign the house over to my father and I. My dad and I are the last in the family, so we should be fine right? I'm not sure if she has a will, but as long as we can keep up with the bills, everything should be fine right? I'm just so scared the government is going to come in and take the house from us or say we're not authorized to live there.

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-Brittany Brydahl

I think getting a will done is a good idea if she doesn't have one.
If there is no will, the process is pretty painful with the probate
process. So consult and attorney or there are many online
software packages that you can use to create a will.
Willmaker is one of those.

-F

Do you know whether she ever used an attorney? If she has, there might be a will ready, and the attorney would know about it. If not, I still do not think that the government would take the house. You and your dad are the heirs.

Thanks Farce and Lissy. Luckily, we do have an appointment with an attorney. Whether or not she'll be capable of signing things over to me, I have no idea. I'm just really nervous to have my dad in charge of everything. Mainly, b/c that's not what she wants and also b/c I know he will waste the money. I feel I will be able to make better choices than he will. I don't want to use the money, I want to try and save as much as possible, and try to work on investing and gaining as much interest as we can. As far as the house.. I'm pretty nervous b/c she took out a major loan on it, so I'm not sure how we would ever pay it off. All of this is so new to me, but I'm starting to calm down a bit and just realizing that there's not much I can do to change things and I just need to take this one step at a time.

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-Brittany Brydahl

If your grand mother is too sick to sign, you can just get her thumb impression. As long as there is a witness to attest that the T.I is hers, there should not be any problem!!

Well, we had an attorney come out today, but it was no use.. my grandma is way too far gone now. It's so sad, because just two days ago, I had a good talk with her. She told me she loved me, told me she knew she was dying and didn't want to live anymore. It was heartbreaking. I hope her passing is quick, because this must be sooo hard on her. I can't imagine living each day not being able to talk. She can't eat, can't drink, can't move at all. I wish there was more I could do.

The attorney told us things will be fine because my dad is her only child. Everything will go to him and we can figure stuff out from there. My dad having control of everything scares me, because he's not very responsible and it angers me b/c that's not what gma wanted, but I'm just gunna go with the flow. Things will work out. Plus, having control of everything would have freaked me out.. that's a lot of responsibility.

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-Brittany Brydahl