The eldercare thread

[Henry]

Section C has no existing access to the road and building a driveway would require extensive culvert and grading and then still does not allow non-walking access to the ag land in the back

This has all the makings of a Flannery O'Connery version of the Judgement of Solomon narrative and I have to admit there is a part of me that really wants to see this baby get cut into thirds to get a good old southern gothic counterfactual retelling of the story.

[Western Red Cedar]

Update
Actually walked the proposed lines.

Section C has no existing access to the road and building a driveway would require extensive culvert and grading and then still does not allow non-walking access to the ag land in the back

Section B is clearly the best and the only way to access C and the back 1/3s of A.

Section A has the house (which party A is supposed to pay market value for). And the early. The rub with A is if B or C buy out the out each other A has parcel that has limited ag or recreational value and zero buyers other than the current owner of the combined B/C.

It might be worth talking to the County to see if what your mother is considering is even legal/viable. It could save you a lot of headaches before going too far down this rabbit hole. Rules vary across states and counties, but legal access and/or easements are often a basic requirement when subdividing land. Some states also have pretty strict requirements when it comes to subdividing or building on productive agricultural land.

[Laura Ingalls]

@WRC
You are right.
I looked it up. In our county this considered a subdivision regardless of if it is gifted or sold. She can’t just find a lawyer and make it happen. Not sure about the easement/access issues.

I might keep this to myself as it will slow things down and I am trying to buy myself some time.

No easements allowed by the county. The Ingalls hillbilly succession plan is dead.

[Henry]

The Ingalls hillbilly succession plan is dead.

Time for Meemaw to fall down the well.