[Crevan]

Originally Posted by Pocket

Ya... when the were looking over the will after her death, they found it was set up wrong. But it was with "my" portion of the money.

If the lawyer that was handling the will noticed something wrong than she or him should have told you, that if your brother has knowledge of the wrong in the will by having something from him in written form than you can contest the will since there was a mistake in it. If you do contest the will and it shows that you are correct, your brother would be obligated to pay you your part of what was left in your mothers will.

As for the house, if there is no legal binding contract signed by you and him in turns of rent and repairs on the house. Than he is by law required to make the repairs on his own and that hole in the ceiling is a health risk which he could be fined majorly for. He as the owner is obligated to maintain his home by all means. Also since there is not contract about rent or anything than you are by no means required by law to pay him and if he were to try and evict you he would have to go through a long legal processes. At least that is my understanding, but it can very by state so your best bet would be to look up lawyers in your area that have NO consultation fee or have a very small one if you can manage it or maybe look into your states pro-bono lawyers which are lawyers who work for free.