My uncle signed the deed to his house over to his caretakers

[Erin Cowan]

My uncle passed away on August 1 and it's come to light that he had a new will written under the guidance of his caretaker making him the trustee and heir to my uncle's estate.  On December 28 of last year there is also a deed recorded transferring sole ownership of my uncle's home (willed to him by my grandparents) to the caretakers.  All of this occurred while my uncle was in the hospital with leukemia, and the details were not shared with any of his family.  When my mother would talk to him about the issues she perceived with the caretakers he would not be forthcoming and say instead he didn't want to worry her.  We are not sure of the details that led to the caretakers accomplishing all this, but we do know the caretaker has filed probate in Santa Barbara and notified his next of kin (including NONE of my uncle's actual family) of his possession of a will.  We are afraid the caretaker is going to sell my grandparent's home (a 2 million dollar property in Montecito) quickly to further complicate things.  We are also having trouble finding a lawyer who wants to take this case (I'm not sure why, it seems pretty clear some fraud took place here), and we can't cloud title with a Lis Pendens until we have filed a case....  Any thoughts?