My question involves real estate located in the State of: Washington
My mother passed away several years ago when I was a teenager, shortly after divorcing my stepfather in 1999. They jointly owned a home, which my mother paid off and bought brand new in 1994, and upon her death in 2000, I never heard anything of what became of her part in the ownership of that house. She died less than a year after the divorce and most certainly never received any compensation for the property following the divorce. There's nothing in her divorce papers regarding the house, either. I do know that my stepfather continued to live in the house and that they had agreed to sell it after they separated. I researched all sales of the property and found only one: that the house was sold by my stepfather, to himself and a new wife for $0, three years after my mother's passing, under a Quit Claim deed. They still live in the house to this day. My question is, is it possible that my mother still retains part ownership of the property?

