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Okay, so my MIL died 4 months ago and they did the reading of the will 2 months ago. The will stated that her grandaughter (who already lived in her house with her) got her house and land and my husband and his brother got all belongings inside of the house. Nothing was said about a certain date to pick up items or anything like that and really neither my husband nor his brother really took anything out of the house (other than a few pictures, jewelry and keepsake items) because their niece was living there still and they didn't really want to just pull up with a U-Haul and have her living there with nothing.
So, now the niece has said that she is about to remodel the house and get all new stainless steel appliances and such and hubby's mom had just bought new stove, fridge and dishwasher before she died. My hubby asked his brother is he wanted any of that and he said no, so he called his niece and told her he would like to have the current appliances, because we need them and the niece told him that she has to SELL them, because she needs the money to put towards her stainless steel appliances. She told him she would come up with a price and let him know.
Is she allowed to even do that? I mean, the two brothers really should have just unloaded the house two months ago, I suppose, because I know it isn't fair to just leave the stuff in the house and pick and choose through it when they see fit, but they really left it to keep from putting her out and making her have nothing, but now she wants to sell the items to her kids that the mom actually left them to in the will?
Do you think we should point out to her that the mother actually left those items to her sons (maybe she doesn't understand that the terms "all of her belongings inside the house" included appliances, furniture, etc. or is there some type of statute that since they didn't pick it up right away 2 months ago they can't have it? It is touchy because the niece is keeping the home like a "family home" still with all holiday gatherings and such still being had there and that is why the two brothers didn't take any furniture out or anything, because it is still a place that all family gather.
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