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In Missouri, not his wife as she has abandoned him. Here is the statute: *Inheritance and statutory rights barred on misconduct of spouse. * 474.140. If any married person voluntarily leaves his or her spouse and goes away and continues with an adulterer or abandons his or her spouse without reasonable cause and continues to live separate and apart from his or her spouse for one whole year next preceding his or her death, or dwells with another in a state of adultery continuously, such spouse is forever barred from his or her inheritance rights, homestead allowance, exempt property or any statutory allowances from the estate of his or her spouse unless such spouse is voluntarily reconciled to him or her and resumes cohabitation with him or her.

Under Michigan law if your mother owned the home, had 4 children, and no Will, each of the 4 children inherited a 1/4 interest in the home at her death. If 2 of those children died after your mother died and they had no Will, then, if they had children, their children inherited their shares. So, at this point, what needs to be done is: (1) Open a probate estate for your mother and have the personal representative convey the home to you and your living sibling. (2) Have your living sibling quit claim his or her interest to you. (3) Get quit claim deeds from all of your deceased siblings (assuming the deceased siblings had no Will and assuming all of those children are over age 18). (4) Record all deeds.

Seek the assistance of probate counsel to assist you. Counsel will be able to complete the necessary documentation to obtain the disclaimer of benefits that are presently payable to your inlaws.