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Yes, the Intestate Succession Act applies because your mother did not leave a will
You are legally allowed to live on the farm but whether you can have livestock is up to the owner. You can contact the Association for Rural Advancement.
You may want to apply for the SRD grant and try to get maintenance from your children's father.
If there is no damage to the house and you are not behind in rent, you can lay a complaint at the provincial Rental Housing Tribunal.
Like with other properties, the title deed is transferred by a conveyancing attorney.
She needs to ask the municipality of the MEC of housing to intervene. Legal help may be needed.
You need to negotiate a new deal with the municipality that issued the Deed of Sale.
The seller should have paid the bills before the sale. You should contact the municipality.
You and your sister have an equal right to the house, so you would have to come to some agreement.
It wouldn’t be permissible to send the LOA instead of the PTO, as they are very different documents