This past June my mother passed away. My sister and I then settled her estate with no will per the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
My mother bought her house from HER deceased mother's estate. I co-signed that loan and assumed the payments as mother had no monies. That was in 1979.
I made all the payments and paid the loan off early in about 1989.
When my mother's house was sold after her death my sister was given a check for half the value the house via the realtor. My sister paid no money on the original loan for the property.
Should she keep the money that I invested in that property over 25 years ago?
There is nothing in writing stating that I paid for the house except my cancelled checks from 1979 till paid off date and my co-signing the loan
My sister has stated,Why don't you have a deed from Mom? My only response was "The same reason Mom never wrote a will."
I feel that the full value of the real estate should be mine since I paid for the property.
I know that my sister will never give me any money from the property sale and I will never pursue this matter in court but what do others think is fair in this instance??
What is legal and what is fair is two different things.
Neither one of us "needs" the money. We will both live without the funds.
I just feel I 've been cheated and now my sister and I no longer converse with one another.
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