My Parents Left Grandma at a Nursing Facility—Then a Brown Suitcase Led Us to the Deed Recorded in My Father’s Name

Martin nodded.

“The letter records an intention.

It isn’t a substitute for the deeds or a legal answer to every later transaction.”

“Does it give Robert a right to take my house?”

“No.”

“Then keep looking.”

At one thirty, we went to the county records counter.

Martin had told us to request both the older ownership records and any recent instrument associated with the property.