Well, this is a very awkward situation - however, one that I believe, we need help with. My SIL, husband and son moved here (Oklahoma) from out of state two years ago and upon her arrival offered to loan us the money for the property ($29k) we are living on - interest free. We accepted and paid for the property with the loan (deed is in our name - no liens or mention of them on the property paperwork). We have been paying back the loan for the past year and a half at $500 per month. Shortly after their arrival, they started to be very irritable towards my family - mostly being very competitive. We decided to stay away and go on about our business. Today, my husband confronted her about an issue that happened over the weekend (she was drunk and very combative with our 15yo daughter) and she snapped at him stating that her 12year old kid complains about the way we treat him and that she wants her money now. We have not treated him any differently than our own two children. We plan on paying her at the regular agreed amount of $500 per month, however, is there anything she can do to try and make us pay her in full now? We recently fell upon hard times and she offered to allow us to forego payments for a couple of months, which was great. She purchased the five acres next to us and built her home there, she uses our driveway as enterance to her home. I did not realize how much she resented us until today. The deed is 100% in our name (by a lawyer that has helped us in the past with property issues) and we drew up (on our own) a simple loan agreement, which was never notarized. If there is any insight you can provide, we sure would appreciate it. No one is innocent in this matter, however, this certainly does make coming home a little more tense then usual. Some things are just too good to be true. My husband and I decided that if she tries to enforce legal matters, we will place the 35 acres up for sale, pay her off and then she can have herself a new neighbor - which means moving her driveway and putting up fences to seperate her property from the 35 acres. This will be a last resort as the property has been in his families (uncle) for 60 years and his father/mother live on the other five acres next to us. I do not want to make this a personal matter (although it already is), I just want to be sure that there is nothing she can do legally other than what is already being done, which is paying $500 a month until paid in full. Thanks so much for your help.

