<prompt> Human: My wife passed away on Thursday at just 34 years old. The house we built together was in hers and her mothers name. I am not on the mortgagetitle due to having bad credit at the time we purchased 8 years ago. I have been paying the mortgage all this time. Do I have any legal right to the house? I dont really care about the money. I just cant bear the thought of losing the home we made together. Any advice you could give me would be seriously appreciated. Im in Alberta, Canada if that matters. Please bear with me if I dont make a lot of sense. The pain is unbearable.Edit: I should probably mention my wife did not get around to writing a will.Edit 2: I am truly overwhelmed by the outpouring of support. I really dont know what to say. Eloquence isnt exactly my strong suit. And Im having a particularly hard time finding words right now. The loss is immense. And it keeps feeling bigger by the hour. I need my Ashley so much. At the risk of uttering a cliche, she truly was my other half and best friend. It doesnt feel real, yet its so real I dont know how to cope. For some reason, I have a massive urge to share our story and the love we had for each other, with the world. Can you kind people let me know where I could post our story and some photos? I will also keep updating everyone as things unfold over the coming daysweeks. Should I do that here? Thanks again.Assistant: Im no expert but my mom passed unexpectedly a few months ago and she had no will. Everything defaulted to her husband. Everything in her name was in his name, all of her possessions technically belong to him. This was in the us, Im not sure of the differences.Human: Sorry for your loss - truly.I hope my wifes share of the house passes to me.  <response>: Depends on how it was titled. In one situation its literally last manowner standing owns the whole thing. But, more commonly, your heir inherits your portion. If your wife had a will, then itll be distributed according to that if not, itll pass intestate and gets a bunch of possible big words that will make no sense here regardless, you also get into things like dower rights. Point being, you need an estate attorney. 