[Peter Gallagher]

My grandmother (not biological) signed away her half of my grandfather's condo to her daughter while drugged up on morphine (documented medically). She died, now we can't sell the house to pay my dementia'd grandfather's medical bills because it is in the daughter and my grandfather's name. Was this transfer of the deed legal?

[Lord Percy Wooster IV]

being on morphine isn't enoughyou would have to prove she didn't know what she was doingthe onus is totally on you

[Love Canada]

He will have to sell his half!

[flingebunt]

Hmmm...interesting....so it wasn't a will? Wills are not legally binding documents and can usually be challenged.Now, this matter is a difficult legal one. Legal or not is not the issue, you have to understand how the law works.You can challenge it, and they may find in your favour, after a long time and after a lot of money. Perhaps she signed it on morphine, but perhaps there are witnesses hearing her say that she would do this before hand. If it was always her intention, then the morphine doesn't matter.You can ask the daughter to do the decent thing or...you can negotiate a win/win.My suggestion is to work with the daughter to sell the condo. Tell her to talk to a lawyer and see how much her defence will cost...in that case, she can keep part of the money and give the rest to the grandfather.I think everyone wins in this matter. Fighting over it, no one wins.

[K M]

yes but she cant sell it either you have to get your grandfather to sign off the deed and put you ware he was then you and her make all the decisions good luck i had the same problem with my x and circumstances were different i hope your not just trying to take stuff from a old person that would be greedy and wrong and you will never Really enjoy it if your a good person.you must have gran pa Sign power of attorney of that condo to you 2people are allowed on deed he con trolls it to dont let her tell you different km

[What Happened?]

I would look for'capacity'or a possibility of undue influence in her state of mind at the time she signed.