Assuming that your lease or rental agreement allowed you to terminate on 60 days notice, then you can shut off the utilities the day you move out. ...

Do I have a case?

A "Case"? Have no idea as there's no information on what happened to the money or what the trust provided for beneficiaries after sister's death....

Can I set up a rent-to-own contract that holds me harmless of liability, on a property with a known dilapidated structure?

Probably, but you need to hire a real estate lawyer in your area to help you with the paperwork - this is probably the most difficult area of...

What can be done bout it his?

you need a lawyer. meanwhile make a fast inventiry of all your stuff - pictures on your phone are also recommended - as the idiot could be legally...

How can I change the names of my deceased parents' real estate properties where no one individual heir has the power to sell?

What you want can't be done easily (lawyers call it 'restraint on alienation') and will probably screw things up. You need to talk to a...

I was laid off today 4 days before closing ?

I'm sorry you lost your job. Unfortunately there is nothing that prevents this from happening and I've known it to happen a number of times in my...

NO. It appears to me that the gift was 'subject to' the lien - the church doesn't have to pay it (that is, has no legal obligation to pay...

Can a eviction be stopped if I feel the landlord purposely allowed rent to build up?

I'm gonna join the chorus of Mssrs Rafter and Sexauer - You knew the due date of the rent, you didn't pay, now you're whining that the landlord...

With Deed In Lieu, in order for the property to be given back to the lender, do we have to make repairs to the house?

You need to talk to your bankruptcy lawyer about this. Unless you reaffirmed the debt, you can simply walk away from the property and let the...

Are wills always probated in the county of death?

No, they should be probated in the jurisdiction of residence. That's where, presumably, the assets of the estate are located. A probate lawyer...