father passed now someone is claiming to have bought land from him

by angela
(hemet california,USA)

my father recently passed,owning a piece of property in texas. some one has come forward saying they were buying that property from him and put a down payment on the property.There are no papers or reciepts showing this to be true except something that has what is supposed to be his signature on it. I seen the paper and its not my fathers signature.There was a deposit into my fathers acct but nothing saying whatwhere it came from. what do i do

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Jun 26, 2012
 father passed now someone is claiming to have bought land from him
by: Debtcollectionanswers.com

Did your father leave behind a will and designate an executor for his estate? If he did, the executor is the person who needs to resolve the problem you write about. An executor is the official representative of a deceased person's estate, which is all of the assets that person owned at the time of death and all of the debts he or she owed.

If your father did not write a will, then you or someone else need to contact the probate court in the area where he died and ask it to name an administrator for his estate. An administrator has the same powers and responsibilities as an executor. This person should then get in touch with a probate law attorney to find out what to do about the person who claims he or she was buying land from your father.

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