My question involves real estate located in the State of: New York
My mother passed. She owned 2 houses on one property. She lived in one house and my step father lives in the other. She gave the house to my brother and I before she passed but put on the deed that she and my step father have life use of both properties. My mothers lawyer worded it wrong. Life use for him was supposed to terminate after her death.
My step father has destroyed the house in the last 3 years of living there. As a co owner how difficult will it be to have him removed as a life tenant? Not only has he destroyed the house but he is a nuisance as well. He calls the cops on us constantly for no reason.
Also there are 3 years of back taxes. What happens if the property goes into foreclosure? Do we lose everything?
My brother now lives in my mothers house. Can my step father have him evicted?

