There's a house connected to our property. It had an elderly couple living there. But the husband died like 17 years ago, and the wife went into a nursing home. She passed away about 12 years ago.
Their house has just been sitting there, vacant for all that time. My parents still take care of the yard like they did for the lady before she was moved.
It'd would be very nice to be able to buy it. So, we contacted their children. None of whom claim or want the property. They all said that the nursing home owns it now. So we contacted them and they said that's not true, that her one son paid for her to stay and the house was never included in any way.
So we went to the court house, and they claim the deed in the couple's name, despite them both being dead for so long. They just said to contact the family,which we've already done.
Dad says he has squatter's rights since he's been keeping the yard in shape. Mom says since it's abandoned we just have to pay the taxes and it'll be ours... But is there actually a legal way to claim it?
I'm not inclined to rely on squatter's rights and a deed appearing from thin air from paying taxes. So... Does anyone know anything about this type of situation?