Here is the obit from Grandmas death:
BASILE
ROSALIE BASILE age 90 of Euclid passed away on Oct. 31. Loving wife of James "Chops" (deceased). Survivors include
children Rosanne Fisher, Anita Basile, Mary Ann Siedler (Ron) and Jo Ann Minadeo (John); caring grandmother of A.J. Ziebert, Ron and Brian Siedler, Joey Rondini,
Michael and Matthew Minadeo and Victoria Fisher. Great grandmother of Addison Siedler. Private memorial service. Burial
All Souls Cemetery. Family suggests
contributions to Hospice of the Western
Reserve, 300 E. 185th St. Cleveland. - See more at:
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Well, if the house was not given to them (or anyone else) in the will, then it is under common law (the way I as a judge would interpret this, as there is no real codified law regarding this that I can find) the house became owner-less, like a piece of land out in the wild west during the 17 and 18 hundreds. By living there, they have made a claim on the house, for which the ownership could only be challenged by a previous owner in the past n years. (n being the number of years it takes for someone to become the legal owner under adverse possession.) However, since there was no previous owner in that time frame still living, they now own the house, and are not squatters, and therefor the house is theirs, and can be used as payment to creditors.