Note: BCP Real Estate is not a law firm and its employees/owners are not acting as your attorneys. This is provided for educational purposes only and is not legal advice. The following is an illustrative, composite example, not a real client, and any names are fictional. It does not describe or promise any particular outcome.
Meet a man we’ll call Glen. He inherited a share of rural family land, and a family land tax lawsuit followed. Part of him felt that selling would mean giving up on something his family valued. Yet the unpaid taxes kept growing, and he could not afford them. So Glen wrestled with the family land tax lawsuit and what to do.
At first, guilt held him back. After all, the land had history. Still, keeping a burden he could not afford helped no one. Then he saw the situation more clearly.
How Glen left the family land tax lawsuit
Glen owned only his own portion. So selling his share did not end the family’s connection to the land. Instead, a buyer purchased his portion directly. Then the buyer took on the back taxes. After that, the buyer removed Glen’s name from the lawsuit. Meanwhile, relatives who wanted to keep their shares still could.
Even better, the process cost him nothing. Because of that, Glen chose peace over a burden he never wanted. He realized this was a smart move, not giving up.
In the end, Glen left the family land tax lawsuit behind. He owed nothing afterward. Now he carries no liability for the land, the taxes, or the lawsuit.
What this story shows:
Leaving a family land tax lawsuit is a reasonable choice, not giving up, since you only sell your own portion.
A buyer purchases your share, takes the taxes, and removes your name, at no cost to you.
If you want to be bought out of the lawsuit and have your name removed, no cost to you, call or text us at (469) 708-8003 today.
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