Maine court revives inheritance suit over $225,000 home sold for $105,000

Family, property and financial power can combine to complicate inheritance disputes. A Maine case involving a grandfather’s home, a deeply discounted sale and a contested estate is headed back to court after the state’s highest court ruled a granddaughter had shown enough to pursue her claims. Scroll down to read the details of this property dispute.A will that left everything to his granddaughterAccording to Justia US Law, the October 2026 case involves grandfather Steven of Maine, who named his granddaughter, Ms Sabin, in his will. Steven had three children, one of whom was Sabin's father, who had predeceased him. According to the terms of the will, Sabin was to have the share which would otherwise have gone to her father.In 2022, as he and his wife began to suffer cognitive decline, Steven gave his stepson broad financial power of attorney.