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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It does seem your sister is acting as if she will inherit the property and when your dad passes, she may seek to claim that she owns it outright although it is quite difficult to adversely possess property.

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You may want to just ensure nothing shady is going on/conduct some diligence (check the deed on the property and make sure it is titled in your dad's name or that it is titled in his trusts's name and email a PDF of the trust or will and your dad's estate plans to all of your siblings - to ensure that everyone has a copy and it is clear your dad or his trust owns the property and that the estate plan is to distribute it equally among his three children).[/quote]

Adverse possession exists as a concept solely to provide law school professors with exam questions [/quote]

Nope.  It’s a very real issue, but is complicated to execute.  We went through this issue with our property and learned about other cases in our area.  [/quote]

Complicated and not at all common to successfully obtain property by adverse possession. [/quote]
DP. That’s what we thought when our neighbor threatened to adversely possess about 10 percent of our property if we went forward with a plan to put a fence along the property line. We had studied adverse possession in law school and figured he was just bluffing, but that was before we got a letter from one of the top firms in DC outlining his planned steps, and also before we learned he was the largest commercial property owner in our county and had filed more than 200 lawsuits as a plaintiff. Is it likely that OP’s sister would go this route? No, but as the PP noted, these kind of suits are much more common than you might expect. Every property owner should be aware of the potential danger. [/quote]

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