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

We told Martin exactly what the index showed and exactly what it did not.

He wrote the recording reference beside the date and requested the complete instrument and available submission details.

The document arrived later, after the request was processed.

I leaned across his desk when he told me to look at the grantee.

Robert Mercer.

The recorded instrument was a quitclaim deed.

It identified Eleanor as the person transferring her interest and my father as the recipient.

“That cannot be right,” I said.