An estate attorney can help fix errors and get your affairs in order.
Ilyce Glink and Samuel Tamkin.
Q: I own a home that my mother gave me by quitclaim deed. She did this two months before she passed away.
The attorney who handled my mother’s legal affairs before she died mistakenly put my maiden name on the deed, as opposed to my married legal name. To make matters worse, she admittedly also put my wrong middle initial on the deed. This all happened back in 1996. At that time, her doctor told her that there was nothing more he could do to help heal her and that death was certain.
I was so upset over my mother’s medical condition that I didn’t pay attention to what the attorney was doing. I am her only daughter and I was losing my best friend. I have done nothing at all with the title to the home in all these years.
The attorney that drew up the deed said she has mistaken other people’s names in the past. But when I asked her to help me fix it, she told me to find another attorney.
What is your advice on all of this? I am in ill health and I’m anxious to rectify this situation, so that my twin sons have no problems inheriting the house when I die. What can I do to straighten this mess out?
A: We’re so sorry to hear about your health and this story about the attorney who mishandled the quitclaim deed of the property from your mother to you. We’re not sure your mess is as big as you might think, but you will need someone you trust to help sort this out.
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