Intestacy 20 years on

Call me Al

I'd really appreciate opinions on how to approach this.
My grandmother died over 20 years ago without leaving a will. My mother has lived in the family plot, with her mom until her death, all her life.
Since there was no will everything is still in her deceased mother's name despite my father having worked this land since he married my mother, and building the newer family home that my granny later lived in. My mom would like to sort this out but doesn't know how to approach it and is anxious about the cost of this whole process.
My mothers siblings are fine with fully assigning the land and house to her so this doesn't come under the heading of squatters rights does it?
Many years ago they went to a local solicitor who told them they could use adverse possession, but it's hardly adverse if the family aren't contesting it surely?
She is concerned on costs if she has to get each of her siblings a solicitor as well as her own, and then she has to worry about the tax implications of the whole thing!
It's becoming a worry for her and that's something I'm trying to avoid if I can.

Uno my Uno.

Call me Al wrote: »

I'd really appreciate opinions on how to approach this.
My grandmother died over 20 years ago without leaving a will. My mother has lived in the family plot, with her mom until her death, all her life.
Since there was no will everything is still in her deceased mother's name despite my father having worked this land since he married my mother, and building the newer family home that my granny later lived in. My mom would like to sort this out but doesn't know how to approach it and is anxious about the cost of this whole process.
My mothers siblings are fine with fully assigning the land and house to her so this doesn't come under the heading of squatters rights does it?
Many years ago they went to a local solicitor who told them they could use adverse possession, but it's hardly adverse if the family aren't contesting it surely?
She is concerned on costs if she has to get each of her siblings a solicitor as well as her own, and then she has to worry about the tax implications of the whole thing!
It's becoming a worry for her and that's something I'm trying to avoid if I can.

Your mother needs to go to a solicitor, the position can be regularised. There will be legal costs but they do not need to be large. there may be a tax liability depending on the value of the land. There is nothing to be gained by putting this off too long, the ownership issues will need to be sorted eventually and the longer it goes on the more complicated it will become and the greater the legal costs involved.