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Inheriting A Percentage Of A House When A Co-owner Is Executor And Currently Lives There

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I am just looking for guidance on timeliness and see if there is action I should be taking with an attorney or just general guidance for this inheritance situation.

My grandfather passed away and split all his assest including his property between my cousin, my sister and myself. My cousin has been living there with my grandfather for the last 20 years. My grandfather always said he wanted my cousin to be able to continue to live there as long as he wants and then sell once no one wants to live there, but the will wasnt set up with any trust, it just splits ownership between the grandkids.

Family dynamics arent great and my cousin is also an executor of the will. If my sister and I want to sell and my cousin wants to keep it and continue to live there.... as the executor, does he have to approach us to come to a consensus about what to do with the property? Or can they just assume that they can continue to live there and just pass us paperwork that we own it partially? Basically, since communication isnt great, and they are executor, at what point did I need to do something to try and force partition? Is the executor supposed to approach all beneficiaries and confirm what they want to do? Or if they assume they can just continue to live there and just put our names on the deed, at what point should I take action? I don't want to jump the gun on things and be a dick, but I do want my voice heard about what I want to do and am not sure if there is a part of the process in which that occurs or if the executor can just unilaterally decide that they are going to continue to stay there.

Location: KY

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