Changing the Names on a Deed of a House

faolteam · 10-03-2011 11:51pm #1

Here is a summary of what has happened,
24 years ago my mother died she was the named person who owned the house, She died in Tetstate and now the house has to be sold, there are 9 kids involved here and the idea was that at least two of them would be put on the new deed so as to help sell of the house,

Can someone tell me what is the procedure if someone needs to change the name of the person on a Deed of owner of the house ???

and also = How long does this take to go through ????

Kosseegan · 11-03-2011 11:47am

Was your mothers estate ever administered? If yes, contact the administrator. If not, the house belongs to the President of the High Court.

faolteam · 11-03-2011 8:55pm

Was your mothers estate ever administered? If yes, contact the administrator. If not, the house belongs to the President of the High Court. """

When you say was your mothers estate ever administered does that mean that a person who the family want to sort out the affairs ??

The Mother never made a will???

11-03-2011 9:23pm

If you die intestate all your property immediately vests in the President of the High Court. Somebody can then go to the High Court and seek letters of administration to authorise them to administer the estate. They will thes distribute the property accodring to the rules laid down in the Succession Act 1965, that is once previous claims on the estate are dealt with.
If the estate was never adminisitered then the President of the High Court owns everything and the estate will still have to be administered before anything else can be done.

faolteam · 11-03-2011 9:56pm

but there were differences in the family but at the time.

the solicitor said firstly a Grant of Administration would have to be extracted from the Probate office ( you as one of the next of kin would be entitled to extract this Grant of Administration ) we were told takes approx 4-5 monthsto issue from the Probate Office ,

and that u would need disclaimers from the family who do not have a finanicial interst in the property

faolteam · 11-03-2011 10:20pm

but there were differences in the family but at the time.

the solicitor said firstly a Grant of Administration would have to be extracted from the Probate office ( you as one of the next of kin would be entitled to extract this Grant of Administration ) we were told takes approx 4-5 months to issue from the Probate Office ,

and that u would need disclaimers from the family who do not have a finanicial interst in the property

Changing the Names on a Deed of a House

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