‘It's her problem now’: Mom tries to trick their 29-year-old daughter into taking over $300,000 in debt, but she refuses, evicts them from the house she inherited from Dad, then goes no contact

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Jan 26, 2025 5:00 PM EST

Breaking the curse of bad behavior in the family feels impossible. However, this young woman, who'd just stated a life with her husband and young child, was given the opportunity of a lifetime to break ties with her toxic family members in the form of a secretly inherited home. 

If you're under the age of 45, owning a home feels like a nearly impossible milestone in life. For most of us, it's a lofty achievement that our wealthy acquaintances can acquire, but sometimes, life-long tenants can win the housing lottery from a super top-secret title transfer. The woman in this next story was accidentally gifted the deed to her parent's house after they tried to hide their assets and avoid bankruptcy. Now, after the passing of her father, the skeletons in their financial closet are being revealed, turning a toxic family situation into a potential opportunity of a lifetime. 

Read on for all the details of this family drama that helped this young woman get her new family's feet off the ground and out of the renter's rat race forever. 

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  • A close friend of mine just won the renter's lottery. After steeling himself to the high likelihood of renting an apartment his entire life, his parents befriended a mean ol' recluse in their book club. As he grew grouchier and more senile, this old man revealed that he owned property–a decrepit house–in the middle of the city and had no heirs to pass it on to and no friends to speak of. My friend, the guy who'd prepared for a lifetime of renting, was GIVEN this house under the premise of cleaning out the hoarder piles and the rats. To me, it seems like the score of a lifetime. 

    Some folks are just lucky to have no strings attached like that, but the woman in our next story wasn't so lucky.

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  • "AITA for kicking out my family, selling the family home and keeping all of the money?"

    You better sit down and buckle up, because this is going to be a long one. I (29f) lost my dad in 2017 very suddenly. He did not have a will (MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A FREAKING WILL PEOPLE). My
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  • mom and her lawyer had signed the family home into my name without my knowledge, because my mom owes the government $300k in taxes for the business she and my dad had together. She was afraid the government was
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  • going to seize the house. My parents had taken out a mortgage back in 2012 by using the family home as collateral. My mom is now filing for bankruptcy, and the mortgage is part of it.
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  • My mother is the kind of person who expects everyone to save her. As I've gotten older, I've come to realize the real person that she is. All she cares about now is smoking w ed/ciga ttes in the garage with her boyfriend (who is my cousin by the way.. My father's sister's son) and drinking coffee.
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  • Here is where things get crazy complicated. My mom attempted to coerce me into taking out a $100,000 loan to pay off her mortgage and property tax arrears. She would then pay the loan off and figure out how much
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  • money I would owe HER. At first I was convinced to do it. After multiple arguments with my husband (33m), I called it off. My mom was P ED. Accused me of her over and ruining everything.
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  • My adopted brother then offers to buy the family home. He wanted to make monthly payments and only give me $25k on a $500k plus home. I said no, and he retracted his offer after I told him I wanted at least $100k. The stress, agony and
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  • bulls that my family has put me through these last 12 years was worth way more than $25k. My family started threatening me, calling me a thief and a coward, calling my husband a greedy b rd and told me I should
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  • relocate my family and that I deserve nothing. I've been harassed at work, and have almost had to call the police. After consulting multiple lawyers, my mother has no legal ground to stand on. I am the legal owner of the property. We don't have any
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  • sort of lease/rental agreement, so I can evict her whenever I want, and can put the house on the market whenever I want. Once it sells, all I have to do is make sure that the mortgage and property taxes are paid off, which I had intentions of
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  • paying anyways. I have gone no contact with my entire family. I have blocked them on all social media platforms, and I don't respond to any phone calls or text messages from them.
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  • My husband and I are in the process of getting our own house insurance on the property. We are then writing the eviction notice, and kicking them out. If they don't go peacefully, we are making a court date to get the police
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  • involved to get them out. Then we will put the house on the market and we will keep every cent from the sale. We will pay off our debts, buy our own home, and put the rest into investments for our children's future. Whatever happens to my mother, is her own problem now. Am I the a hole?
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  • TH3M3RL1N Your mum is a narcissist and doesn't have your best interests in her mind. Sounds like she is the type of person to screw you over and you won't see a cent from her. Money will not help her, and the house seems like more trouble than it is worth so get rid of it and then you get rid of the roaches
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  • that come with it. If she didn't want you to do what you want with the house as you please, then she shouldn't have put herself in the situation and put it in your name and get bankrupt. I'm not familiar with all the laws around bankruptcy, but where I am from I
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  • believe there is a timeframe and then it will be finished, she can use that time to get her sh together. If you have a good relationship with your brother and it was also his father, maybe you could help him out a bit, but again you're under no obligation to help people that do not help you in return. Get the locks changed in the mean time, and cameras outside if you can afford to do so.
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  • xmonkey44 More than likely, they will destroy the house interior once you have the eviction notice served.
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  • Alone-Midnight7707 That's my exact fear. That's why I'm getting my own insurance to cover my behind in case she does.
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  • alexrider20002001 I do suggest changing the locks once your mother is evicted and maintain your boundaries! It is awful when family members sign things to your name without your knowledge. A credit card was opened in my name by dad for the coffee shop that he owned but he sat down with me and discussed it before he opened a credit card in my name.
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  • Gwenn Rose Your mom dropped a whole soap opera worth of drama on you, and you're just playing the hand you were dealt. Protecting your own peace and future is priority, especially when it's this wild at home. Sometimes you gotta make those tough calls, even if it means space from family. Sounds like you're just trying to dodge more chaos and set up a stable life for your own fam.
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