Looked at the new house

It is beautiful, it is bigger, newer, and will suit our needs so much better than what we have now.

I'm still waiting to hear from the lawyer about a subject, though.

There are tax liens on this house for taxes we couldn't pay because of all the mufty-pufty. A lender is claiming those liens would follow me to the new house because a mobile home is considered "personal property".

The last we've heard from Bette and her lawyer consists of a single sheet of paper which says she was given the house on January 1, 2007. It is signed without a name printed below and it is not witnessed nor notarized.

Now here's my quandary -

I have a friend willing to cover those taxes for me and then I would pay them back. However, if Ms. Goldenring is claiming she was "given" the house in January 2007, that means that a grave mistake was made and it should have been put in her name - not mine. That also means that I do not owe those taxes, she does.

So, what I'm waiting to hear from the lawyer is whether I should have those taxes paid so I can go ahead and get out of here, leaving Norman and Bette to duke it out - or if we should press that she get the place in her name, making her liable for the back taxes, and taking them out of my name.

I can't wait very long. If there are any paralegals out there who wish to give a completely free and unbinding opinion, have at it.