We inherited our family home...we discovered we did not own the yard between our house and the neighbors...it was still in the name of the original developer...we had used it as our yard and the 2 sheds on the property for more than 40 years...we hired an attorney and started a title and deed search ...... we always came to a dead end and could find no tax records or a deed until....
When our neighbor died his house and his entire estate was given to the Catholic church in the form of a trust held at a local bank...they are trustees....how we discovered this is because the neighbor house sold and the new people also discovered that we did not own the lots between our houses...his lawyer searched probate records discovered the will and the trust and the new neighbor went to the church and bought the property....
It was never registered at the assessors office and no taxes paid after the original owner because churches don't pay taxes...the church left the property in the trust and the deed was never put into the church name..
The neighbor has a deed now to the property and it is being assessed for the purpose of taxes .... do we still have a case for adverse possession??

