Hello everyone! Happy Easter! Sorry to bother you on a holiday but the family has a question and I thought one of you on this list could help them. My father has three brothers in Ohio. The remaining siblings are: 1 in Italy and 2 in Croatia. Their parents died several years ago and did not leave a will. The two siblings in Croatia (a pastor and a nun) cannot afford to maintain the apartment (condo?) that their parents owned so they must sell. So here brings the question. ALL of the siblings are in agreement that it's okay for the 2 siblings in Croatia to sell the apartment and keep the proceeds. However they were advised that the 3 in the US has to sign a legal document. Questions: 1. Can we create a legal document in the US, have all 3 brothers sign by a notary and then send to the remaining siblings in Croatia? The Italian brother will travel to Croatia (actually Labin) to finish signing. Or 2. Is it true that the legal document has to be created in Labin (Croatia) they sign, send to us in the USA and then the 3 brothers sign here to release the rights to the property and then it gets mailed back to them in Croatia? Am I even making any sense here? The main goal here is to get the 3 brothers in the USA to release their legal rights so that the 2 in Croatia can sell their deceased parents property (apt or condo) and then they keep the proceeds. We've gotten several opinions from attys here in the US but none seem to make sense. The siblings in Croatia say that they have to have it written in Croatian and then we have to also create a power of atty for them??? Is this true? Anyone have any ideas? Or at least who to call that would know? LOL! Thank you in advance for your assistance! HAPPY EASTER!

Natalie, Here is the name and contact info for a Croatian Attorney here in Cleveland Katica Markulin, Attorney At Law 18975 Villaview Road Cleveland, OH 44114 Tel.216.531.5898 Fax.216.531.5824 Contact: Katica Markulin Also the link below is for a man (who in recent years immigrated from Slavonija) and is married to a woman (can't recall her first name but her maiden name is Oroz) who is an attorney CROATICA Fine Wine Imports 935 Addison Road Cleveland, OH 44103 Contact person: Jure Mijic-Barisic, Vice President Tel. / Fax. 216-391-4228 Website: none E-mail:croaticaimports@hotmail.com Or maybe someone at the Embassy or one of the Consulate offices of The Republic of Croatia may be able to help. I would believe they should know something about these situtations considering the size of our Croatian community here. Robert Natalie Prodan <prodan@alltel.net> wrote: Hello everyone! Happy Easter! Sorry to bother you on a holiday but the family has a question and I thought one of you on this list could help them. My father has three brothers in Ohio. The remaining siblings are: 1 in Italy and 2 in Croatia. Their parents died several years ago and did not leave a will. The two siblings in Croatia (a pastor and a nun) cannot afford to maintain the apartment (condo?) that their parents owned so they must sell. So here brings the question. ALL of the siblings are in agreement that it's okay for the 2 siblings in Croatia to sell the apartment and keep the proceeds. However they were advised that the 3 in the US has to sign a legal document. Questions: 1. Can we create a legal document in the US, have all 3 brothers sign by a notary and then send to the remaining siblings in Croatia? The Italian brother will travel to Croatia (actually Labin) to finish signing. Or 2. Is it true that the legal document has to be created in Labin (Croatia) they sign, send to us in the USA and then the 3 brothers sign here to release the rights to the property and then it gets mailed back to them in Croatia? Am I even making any sense here? The main goal here is to get the 3 brothers in the USA to release their legal rights so that the 2 in Croatia can sell their deceased parents property (apt or condo) and then they keep the proceeds. We've gotten several opinions from attys here in the US but none seem to make sense. The siblings in Croatia say that they have to have it written in Croatian and then we have to also create a power of atty for them??? Is this true? Anyone have any ideas? Or at least who to call that would know? LOL! Thank you in advance for your assistance! HAPPY EASTER! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CROATIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message To learn about my October 2007 Heritage and History tour of Croatia http://www.croatia-in-english.com/rj/jerin2007.pdf

THANK YOU! I am so truly very greatful for the advice. I have forwarded it onto my father and his brothers. :) They are most happy. If there is any way great or small that I or my family can help you in return please do not even hesitate to contact us! Yours truly, Natalie Prodan On Apr 8, 2007, at 6:29 PM, Robert Jerin wrote: Natalie, Here is the name and contact info for a Croatian Attorney here in Cleveland Katica Markulin, Attorney At Law 18975 Villaview Road Cleveland, OH 44114 Tel.216.531.5898 Fax.216.531.5824 Contact: Katica Markulin Also the link below is for a man (who in recent years immigrated from Slavonija) and is married to a woman (can't recall her first name but her maiden name is Oroz) who is an attorney CROATICA Fine Wine Imports 935 Addison Road Cleveland, OH 44103 Contact person: Jure Mijic-Barisic, Vice President Tel. / Fax. 216-391-4228 Website: none E-mail:croaticaimports@hotmail.com Or maybe someone at the Embassy or one of the Consulate offices of The Republic of Croatia may be able to help. I would believe they should know something about these situtations considering the size of our Croatian community here. Robert

Natalie: When the old family farm in Wisconsin was going to a nephew rather than someone in the direct line, all the other family members (who could have claim to the property) signed what was then called a "Quit Claim" document which was filed with the county. It was quite straight-forward. Why not just sell the property (with all the owners) and just give the money to the priest and nun? Cool question. Keep us posted as to how it turns out! Peg On Apr 8, 2007, at 5:01 PM, Natalie Prodan wrote: > Hello everyone! Happy Easter! > > Sorry to bother you on a holiday but the family has a question and I > thought one of you on this list could help them. > > My father has three brothers in Ohio. The remaining siblings are: 1 > in Italy and 2 in Croatia. > > Their parents died several years ago and did not leave a will. The > two siblings in Croatia (a pastor and a nun) cannot afford to > maintain the apartment (condo?) that their parents owned so they must > sell. > > So here brings the question. ALL of the siblings are in agreement > that it's okay for the 2 siblings in Croatia to sell the apartment > and keep the proceeds. However they were advised that the 3 in the US > has to sign a legal document. > > Questions: > 1. Can we create a legal document in the US, have all 3 brothers sign > by a notary and then send to the remaining siblings in Croatia? The > Italian brother will travel to Croatia (actually Labin) to finish > signing. > > Or > > 2. Is it true that the legal document has to be created in Labin > (Croatia) they sign, send to us in the USA and then the 3 brothers > sign here to release the rights to the property and then it gets > mailed back to them in Croatia? > > Am I even making any sense here? > > The main goal here is to get the 3 brothers in the USA to release > their legal rights so that the 2 in Croatia can sell their deceased > parents property (apt or condo) and then they keep the proceeds. > > We've gotten several opinions from attys here in the US but none seem > to make sense. The siblings in Croatia say that they have to have it > written in Croatian and then we have to also create a power of atty > for them??? Is this true? > > Anyone have any ideas? Or at least who to call that would know? LOL! > > Thank you in advance for your assistance! > > HAPPY EASTER! > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CROATIA- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

We can't do a "quit claim" as we have it in the US. The actual property is in Croatia, in the city of Labin. :) We'll have my uncle followup with what Robert had advised and I'll keep the list posted. THANK YOU very much for responding. :) On Apr 8, 2007, at 7:20 PM, Peg.Erbes wrote: Natalie: When the old family farm in Wisconsin was going to a nephew rather than someone in the direct line, all the other family members (who could have claim to the property) signed what was then called a "Quit Claim" document which was filed with the county. It was quite straight-forward. Why not just sell the property (with all the owners) and just give the money to the priest and nun? Cool question. Keep us posted as to how it turns out! Peg