@Opus 17 wrote:
....If you can't show an implied life estate.
The key word is "implied", which means derived from the circumstances (or does not have to be "shown").
Here, it should not be problematic to imply the right to the remainder from the circumstances (i.e., mother executes a deed following a terminal diagnosis and dies several months thereafter). This would be the best outcome for @paro_4eva.
