Three Weeks After Lucas Was Gone, Charles Claimed the House on Maple Street
Gallagher, as joint tenants with right of survivorship.”
“Now read the stamp underneath.”
It was dated September.
An affidavit of survivorship, one paragraph long, signed by Samantha and notarized at the bank.
It said the property at 231 Maple Street had vested in the surviving joint tenant the day Lucas passed.
Me.
The whole house.
Not the estate, not a creditor, not my father.