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Re: The eldercare thread
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2025 8:53 am
by Henry
Laura Ingalls wrote: ↑Fri Apr 18, 2025 10:09 am
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.
Re: The eldercare thread
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2025 8:46 pm
by Western Red Cedar
Laura Ingalls wrote: ↑Fri Apr 18, 2025 10:09 am
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.
Re: The eldercare thread
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2025 6:53 pm
by 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.
Re: The eldercare thread
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2025 1:51 pm
by Henry
Laura Ingalls wrote: ↑Sun Apr 27, 2025 6:53 pm
The Ingalls hillbilly succession plan is dead.
Time for Meemaw to fall down the well.