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Elizabeth and Mickey:
  Being a horse nut I try not to venture into the realm here of the way 
I make my living to support my horse nuttiness. The horses sure dont 
seem to pay for themselves. So I practice law when not riding, scooping 
poop etc.
Disclosure: I am an ILL lawyer, not a lawyer in whatever state you are 
in. You need some legal advice from the state you are in.
That being said, here goes the unsolicited interjection of my 2 cents:
  One of two things have happened here if the situation as presented is 
true.
1.  Someone has died, and estate has been opened up and  their has  been 
either an executer or  an adminstrator appointed.  Either one of these 
people  can have the authority to sell a horse. You would not legally 
have to have all the heirs sign off on anything in that situation.

2. Option 2. Someone has died. No estate has been opened. If that has 
happened then here are the legal concerns.
   1. The person wanting to sell you the horse may not have the ability 
legally to transfer the horse to you. Remember, just because someone may 
have possession of the equine or maybe possession of the horse and owed 
money on the stable fees or etc does not mean they own the horse and so 
they can not sell what they own. You might pay for the horse and then 
end up not owning what you thought  you paid for.

So, go talk to a lawyer in your town about this. The office interview 
will probably cost you between 35-50 in most places to ask your questions.
Absolutely do not buy this horse until you get those questions answered.
Since I shot my mouth off, (hey I have a daughter that could have been 
the one buying a horse like this) full disclosure again.

Keith Kibler
Attorney At Law
Marion IL

 

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