For Fourteen Years My Son Lived Rent-Free in a House He Believed Was His

“It’s blank because the county clerk wouldn’t index it without your signature,” Margaret said.

“He attached the document to a draft of the 2010 quitclaim deed.”

“Why in May?” I asked.

“May was six months before Evelyn died,” Margaret said.

“Your son was already trying to change the legal title on the Lakeview Drive estate while your wife was in the middle of her medical treatments.”

“He never said a word to me about a legal filing,” I said.

“Because it wasn’t authorized,” Margaret said.