Legalities hold site captive (Scott Peterson cannot sell Laci's home)

modbee ^ | 11-20-04

[wizardoz]

About twenty seconds later, a little white Bible that stood in the bookcase came shooting straight out and landed on the floor about eighteen inches away. It didn't drop out. It literally leaped out, as if someone had tied a string to it, and given the string a yank.

And by about twenty seconds after that, I'd be in the next county.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

And by about twenty seconds after that, I'd be in the next county.

I immediately crawled into bed with my wife. However, I don't think I had anything to fear from that particular ghost--supposing he was my old school friend. We always got along fairly well. He got in with a bad crowd after high school, which led to his death, so perhaps he was trying to tell me something!

[SunnySide]

I like my houses boring, personally. Quiet. Boring. No gruesome history. No weird noises or smells. No one driving by and pointing

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amen, life is filled with enough horror stories.

[El Gran Salseron]

He retains his stake in the house but has no survivorship rights, i.e. he doesn't inherit his deceased wife's half.

[twinzmommy]

Hehheh sure is :) Mine are 9. . girls. . .fraternal :)

[libstripper]

Simple. Scott and Lacy started out with equal, undivided interests in the house. If Scott had not murdered Lacy and she'd died in childbirth, her undivided half interest would have passed to him and he'd have title to the entire house, subject to any encumbrances (mortgages, etc.) that had been put on the house. Since he murdered her, the law prohibits him from receiving that undivided half interest and it passes to her heirs, in this case, her parents.