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> They could have let her live there a until she passed.

She wasn't living there.

> Or they could have worked it out with here SOME OTHER WAY. What asshole decided THIS was the way???

She ignored attempts to notify her about several OTHER WAYs. For years.

They tried. She never responded. Her attorney does not dispute the fact that she failed to respond to any and all contacts for 5 years.

This is exactly the kind of thing a lien is perfect for.

Slap a lien on it with a reasonable interest rate and call it good. Sales have to be registered publicly so it's not like it's hard to collect.

As a US citizen, I'm forced to agree.

As with so many other things in the US of A, the cruelty of this was likely the entire point.

She abandoned the property, didn't live in it, and didn't pay taxes for years. That said it doesn't give the government the right to take all of the excess profits from selling the house.