Some of them are now owned solely by the widow, and some are owned jointly by the widow and 2 of her adult children. 

...on a related subject, this is kind of why I was irked when I discovered the SEC law (1934) meant to "protect" all the poor idiotic people (meaning anyone not in top 1%) from investing in "shares" of real estate...based on knee-jerk reaction to Crash of 1929 (infamous widows, poor people, etc.). 

(old widow house past away) this may be a nob and tube house in my area that is not grounded. our neighborhood age and my guess on this house I would plan a remodel that allowed me new plumbing and electrical.

If not, the widow has a bit of a problem. 

The widow of the commercial builder has now passed and the family is learning that property taxes, income taxes, and basically everything has not been reported for the last 20 plus years.

One of the properties is solely in the widow's trust, the other property is in her trust as well as her deceased husband's name.

In Dunedin FL, Code requires that IF we were replacing windows we HAD to go with hurricane proof widows. 

One of the properties is solely in the widow's trust, the other property is in her trust as well as her deceased husband's name.

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He left a widow and 3 children.But some people know what to do.The coroner went out of her way to make sure a cleaning company could get there the same day.