My father owns a house in Santo Domingo that he says that he wants to leave behind for his children when he passes away. Years ago he provided us with paper copies with some sort of official-looking stamps on them, but they are just "paper copies" that look like they could've been made at any corner store copy machine. They are not "official" or original documents. What is the easiest way (as in quickest, not necessarily cheapest) to get some sort of "official copy" of those documents?
None of us 3 children are Dominican citizens or Residents, and don't plan on living there any time soon, but we would like to secure what has been promised to us. If it's the kind of thing where legally it doesn't make sense for there to be 3 owners, I don't mind my brother or sister having their name be the sole name that the property gets left behind to. I just want to make sure that it's one of us. My father says that he won't let some pretty young thing swindle him out of his property, but he's in his 70s and greater men have fallen victim to such temptations. I'm assuming that this is something that I can't handle in the Dominican consulate in NYC, and that I actually have to be in the DR to attend to these matters. Is this the kind of thing that can be handled in under 2 weeks, and what is the step-by-step process for this?
P.S.- I know that everybody wants their cut and their palms greased, but this is the kind of thing that if done properly can be done without needing to involve lawyers, right?
Any help or guidance on this matter would be appreciated. Thank You for your time.
None of us 3 children are Dominican citizens or Residents, and don't plan on living there any time soon, but we would like to secure what has been promised to us. If it's the kind of thing where legally it doesn't make sense for there to be 3 owners, I don't mind my brother or sister having their name be the sole name that the property gets left behind to. I just want to make sure that it's one of us. My father says that he won't let some pretty young thing swindle him out of his property, but he's in his 70s and greater men have fallen victim to such temptations. I'm assuming that this is something that I can't handle in the Dominican consulate in NYC, and that I actually have to be in the DR to attend to these matters. Is this the kind of thing that can be handled in under 2 weeks, and what is the step-by-step process for this?
P.S.- I know that everybody wants their cut and their palms greased, but this is the kind of thing that if done properly can be done without needing to involve lawyers, right?
Any help or guidance on this matter would be appreciated. Thank You for your time.