Couple loses land to squatter's rights law

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by goof2

This is adverse possession and is different from homesteaders laws. I'm pretty sure most states still have laws allowing adverse possession.

My mistake on terminology. In checking it appears that, where homestead law used to be something that permitted settlement of untenanted land, it now involves putting a stop to forced sale in order to satisfy debts when one spouse dies. Interesting.

I was thinking about all of those open tracts of land in places like Montana and Arizona where old settlement laws may still be in force, that would see people losing land that might have been in their families for generations.