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Father Died Intestate, Siblings Stealing Community Property From Mother.

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Jjust looking for some guidance. My father died without a will, but there is some property that we(my mother and I) know to be community property, and thusly is automatically hers. It is a house and a detached garage, and everything on the premises that was his and hers and bases on intestate law, she inherits 100%. My siblings are acting like they own part of it, and are entering the property without permission and removing items. They will not listen that it is not within their rights. What can we do about this? What should we do about this? Should we involve the cops, or just involve attorneys? They are stealing her property, but I don't know if this would be considered a domestic issue that cops would even get involved in without some kind of court order?

We have not yet retained an attorney to start probate if that makes any difference, but based on readily available resources we are confident we are correct here. Thanks in advance!

Location: New Mexico

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