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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone, Larla isn't just the niece, she's the GODDAUGHTER.

It makes sense that Thelma would leave a house to her young(ish) unmarried but on the right track student goddaughter and leave money and not the house to her children. Especially with one child being established with his own house and family and the other child a spinster squatter who never had to do much for herself. Roy and Mary are also in their 50s. Larla is basically a generation under them.

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If you believe Larla/OP's premise (doesn't write like her story). Mary has 2 degrees - Larla is 25 and in her 3rd year of college, living at home - not exactly a career superstar even in comparison.[/quote]

Larla works full time, so maybe she goes to school part time? Or maybe she worked a couple years before starting college? Regardless, her godmother believed that Larla was on the right track and wanted to give her a head start in life.[/quote]

Op again here.

After high school, I took a gap year (which became a gap 18 months) to work and earn money to pay for college. My parents are not able to help with college payments so that's why I work my way to my degree. [/quote]

Op, I applaud all of your hard work to earn a college degree. And it doesn't sound to me like you or your parents/grandmother pressured Thelma into this decision. But you must admit it is unusual for a mother to leave each of her children $100k but to leave her niece/goddaughter a $400k house. I agree with some pp's that if I were in Mary or her brother's shoes, I would talk to a lawyer to confirm my rights. That having been said, you are Larla so that's not your concern at the moment. To answer your original question, I would ask Mary to pay me rent (that I could then use to rent my own apartment), or ask her to pay me some lesser rent and we live there together, and/or if she doesn't want to pay rent or I didn't want to live with her, I would give her notice and sell the house. I imagine that as a young college student, you don't have the resources to pay for maintenance, taxes, etc on this house anyway unless you receive rent from Mary. [/quote]

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