Untangling
Titles

A relative who owns my home passed away

I already own my home or someone I know is willing to give it to meI

I have some other legal claim to my home and need to file in court to become the owner

Title: The legal concept of owning a property.

Deed: A legal document that transfers or confirms a person’s ownership of property or, in other words, that the person has title to the property.

Assets: All things of value owned by a person

Estate: A deceased person’s debts and assets. If they owned property when they died, it could now be part of their estate.

Probate: Administering the estate of someone who has died. This is the process of handling a deceased person’s debts and assets, regardless of whether they had a will.