Would you fight not to loose something inherited by your parents or loose it as is not worth fighting for?

[Anonymous]

I have 7 aunts (including my mom) and they are all senior citizens. My aunts inherited a piece of land near the beach by my grandparents many many years ago and each one has a piece of that whole land. Anyway many years ago when my aunts were younger (lets say in their 50 or 60`s still) they all had projects to develop that land and make a profit out of it. The time pass and that never happened due to lack of money, burocracy in the governmental insititutions to develop something, prices rised and also my aunts were not getting any younger and other factors made my aunts never to develop their respective pieces of land. So the land remained the same as it was before, undeveloped but located in a treasured place at the beach as a land on that location can be sold with a good price in the future.

This year due to soem new Governmental new policies and red tape regarding maritime zone, those properties my aunts have (including my mother) , the government could take them away and end up belonging to Government. In order to fight for the Government not to do that, my autns will have to fight to keep them but in order to fight they will hav to hire lawyers and pay money for the different procedures the lawyers will have to do to prevent that from happening.

Any of my aunts are rich, they barely live by of what they have, so most of them had decided not to fight as the battle could be lost but also they can win. it is uncertain. So most of my autns had given up and say I dont have money to fight to keep my land so I chose to let the Goverment take my piece of property and I be in peace mentally and Im not young anymore beause i dotn have the energy to fight the Government. The properties my aunts all have were inherited as I said and in the future if they keep the property and decide to sell it they could they could receive thousands of $$, money they they dont have now.

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All my aunts (including my mom) have their needs now (health, debts, etc) that if they sell their respective lands, they could receive lots of money and cover many things. But neither one is willing to fight and they rather loose their property to the Government (That is what the Government wants anyway for them to give up easily). Only 2 aunts (the older ones, including my mom) are willing to fight for the piece of land that was inherited by their parents.

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Of course is a risk and my autns are not getting any younger either to wait for many more years to sell their properties and receive money so is one of the reason they rather give up than to fight with lawyers.

[Oliverlogan263]

Wow, that's a really tough situation your aunts are in. On the one hand, I can understand why most of them don't want to deal with the stress and expense of fighting the government in court over the land. They're not getting any younger and probably just want peace of mind at this point in their lives.

But looking at it from your mom's perspective, I also get why she wants to keep fighting. That land was passed down from her parents and holds sentimental value as a family inheritance, you know? Plus if they're able to hold onto it and sell it one day, it could really help take care of your mom's needs as she gets older. Money from the sale would go a long way.

It must be so hard weighing those risks and uncertainties. As much as a legal battle would cost, giving up feels like losing a piece of her parents and family history too. I think if it was me in her shoes, I'd probably want to keep fighting to honor my parents' memory and hopefully set myself up better financially down the road too.

But it's an impossible decision either way. Just know your mom has your support, no matter what she decides is best for her situation. Maybe there's also a compromise with the government she could try negotiating first before going fully to court. But you're right to stand by her and the other aunt doing what they feel is right for them. Family sticks together through the tough calls. Hope it all works out.

[Asker]

The latesst: One my cousins (the one who represents my uncle who is deceased) found a solution, it turns out that the only way to fix all this problem is each of my aunts lots to be under her name and under her LLC she has, but if that is done sheh be the owner of all my aunts lots but by doing that, the piece of lands cannot be sold in the future, aslo by doing that my cousin each aunt won't have to pay the Government some hefty fee to keep the land, that is why she is doign that to avoid paying the govenrment a hefty fee. For me that is unethical, as she is greedy. SHe is doing some legal procedures for thsi to happen without asking the rest of the aunts if they agree or not. SHe sys she is doing that in the best of all of her aunts. Do you believe that?

[Asker]

one cousin (who works for a law firm) who represents one of the aunts who is against what my cousin is doing that says he still want to fight this and not accept what my cousin will want to do that she be the owner of all the lots and those lots cannot be sold in the future. She did not even aks the rest of her aunts if they want to fight or give up in order for her to end up with taht decision.

[Oliverlogan263]

Ugh, your cousin totally sounds shady as hell doing all that legal stuff without even talking to the other aunts about it first! Somethin ain't right there.

It's super sketchy that she'd wanna be the sole "owner" of all the lots all of a sudden. Like why does she need to own the whole thing? And then you can't even sell 'em later on? Sounds like she's tryna find a way to take control of the properties for herself somehow down the line. No way all the aunts would agree to that if they knew what was really goin' on.

I'd definitely side with the one cousin who's tryna fight it still. At least that way each aunt still has a say in what happens to the land they inherited, you know? They deserve to have all the facts and options explained properly before any big decisions are made that affect their rights. Your greedy cousin is totally runnin' some kind of con here tryna sneak this through without the other's consent. I wouldn't trust a single thing she says is really for their benefit. Stay well clear of that mess and support the one fighting the good fight for the aunts to have a choice. Shady people always say they know best but really just want what's best for themselves. Not buyin' what she's sellin' for a sec!

[ohsheeT]

Is the government trying to take it because of taxes

If you can prove somehow that you've done at least $100 worth of cleanup or improvement to that property since they've had it they can't do nothing not unless it's taxes but if they put a hundred bucks into it a year for clean up improvements of any sort they can't do anything and they really shouldn't be able to do anything anyway not unless it's written up in a contract that way or something

[spartan55]

If they let the government take it via eminent domain that will get pennies on the dollar for that land. I would try to sell it privately although that might be difficult at this point.

[exitseven]

the government is our enemy.