Mil Fraudulently Obtained Deceased Husbands Real Estate. Our Children And I No Longer Entitled To Anything He Owned.

This is in Maryland.

My husband passed away in a tragic accident last November. We have 2 children together, were living separately, but neither separated or divorced.

My MIL went into our family home the day after his passing and took all of his personal documentation. Social security card, the titles to all of our vehicles and mobile home, etc. She also used his bank card to withdraw money from the ATM. She is not listed on his bank accounts but guessed his pin. Three weeks after his passing, she forged his signature transferring our mobile home to her name solely. A month and a half after this passing, she forged his signature transferring the vehicle my husband bought me after getting married to her name solely, and had it taken from my job while I was at work. She tried to get me to sign some papers she typed up herself to let me drive the car under her conditions:

1. Gave her a copy of my drivers license
2. Got and EZ pass and did not leave the state of Maryland.
3. Paid her for car insurance
4. Agreed to her terms of CUSTODY with my children Amongst many other terms (there were 10 I believe). Is this not an attempt to extort me for personal info, money, and custody?

I didn’t sign bc everything was too fishy. The following Monday I went to the MVA. That is how I found out MIL forged signatures of my husbands name AFTER his passing. My husband had sold multiple cars in his life, and all the signatures were the same up until he was deceased and not the person signing the forms.

I had previously attempted SEVERAL TIMES to list my husband as deceased through the MVA but was unable to due to not have death certificates; My MIL bought all copies of the death certs from the funeral home even though I asked them to set ONE aside for me and they said yes. It took me 2 months to save up and buy my own. MIL took advantage of that time for her personal gain.

I have contacted the police several times who say these are not crimes and cannot charge her! I filed a request for charges through the commissioners office. The states attorney contacted me and told me that without proof we could not move forward with charging MIL. I cannot get any record of this happening from the MVA, it has to be the police or my lawyer. My lawyer has tried, but her calls go unanswered and they do not call back. The states attorney also argued that I was estranged from my husband and did not have interest in the home/vehicle. He also said that maybe my husband gave my MIL verbal permission to use the bank account before he died, so we can’t move forward with that either. The states attorney also informed my lawyer that my MIL was being pursued for nonpayment of the mobile home by another party (most likely the community renting out lots).

The MVA and police said I need to handle this civilly before she can be pursued criminally. Okay I understand that. But I also cannot move forward with this in civil court due to a lack of evidence. I keep being told “maybe she’s the executor of his estate” and no one bothers to even lay eyes on my notarized executor of estate/authorized representative paperwork. The bank is willing to give their evidence to the police but the police are not pursuing. The officer who was present for the vehicle debacle is willing to help also, but there isn’t much he can do other than present his bodycam footage of the situation. My lawyer contacted the attorney general 3 weeks ago and we have not heard back.

I already racked up debt paying for my original attorney. I cannot afford another lawyer in all this. I’m a 27 year old single mom of two small children just trying to make it here. My children can’t go to their own home because we have no ownership now. Seeing my MIL drive the car my husband bought me after we married makes me skin crawl. I don’t know what else to do. My every attempt to resolve this has fallen on deaf ears. I don’t here from my lawyer unless I call her for updates and there never is any. PLEASE someone offer guidance or describe WHY this is okay. I hate to see my kids suffering and missing their home. I just want my car back and for my kids to be able to lay in their beds and have their belongings back! Please help me!