Gozman

My stepson is threatening to take me to court because I refused to give him the house I shared with his father for 19 years. I married Daniel when his son, Michael, was eight years old. After the wedding, I helped raise Michael as my own child. I paid for school supplies, attended his football games and supported him through college. Daniel and I bought our house together 12 years ago. We both contributed to the mortgage. Last year, Daniel died unexpectedly. I was devastated, but I tried to move forward. Then Michael came to visit and told me he wanted to sell the house because he needed money to start a business. I refused. He reminded me that his father had always promised him the family home. I told him his father had never discussed giving him the property, and I wasn't ready to lose the only home I'd known for over a decade. Michael accused me of taking advantage of his father's kindness. Things became worse when he brought me a copy of an old handwritten letter. In it, Daniel had written that he wanted Michael to inherit the house someday. However, the letter was never signed or included in his legal estate documents...