My family owned land in usler county newyork my grandfather and unculs sold the land for 1.7 millon and did not tell me.

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   Peter Bowman

   Hartford Litigation Lawyer

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   Answered January 25, 2013 09:56. The answer your question depends upon the entity that owned the property and whether there was a will in place when your father died. I would contact a New York estate attorney.

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   Joseph Pankowski

   Stamford Real Estate Attorney

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   Answered January 25, 2013 18:45. You will wish to review the underlying deed to the property. If the deed was titled as "joint tenants with right of survivorship" between your father, grandfather and other family members, then your grandfather is telling you the truth. That is, when a property is titled in this fashion, the property simply passes to the survivor(s) on the deed when an individual passes away.
   
   If, however, the property was titled as "tenants in common", then there should have been a probate administration in New York in order to transfer your father's interest. In that case, you may have had the right to inherit the property depending on the terms of your father's will.
   
   Finally, it is possible that the property was owned by a family entity such as an Family Limited Partnership or LLC. In that case, you will need to review the underlying documentation to determine what happened to your father's interest upon his death.

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