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My inlaws bought a large piece of property 50 years ago and split it up 7 ways. It would appear that as the properties passed down through generations, property surveys now have homes and other dwellings overlapping neighboring property lines. The documented history is unclear but a simple explanation appears to be that these 7 families were either provided incorrect initial surveys and built their homes around these initial lines or just built their homes around most obvious geographical structures, as the terrain is rocky, resulting in construction overlapping the very recently verified property lines. Amongst family, there was no problem but now new owners have come in and are demanding that dwellings be removed and property lines be respected. Its really a mess now because as one property owner squeezes another, a domino effect is starting and talk of litigation is really creating a hostile atmosphere in the area. This is in the country and there is still much municipal property vacant and undeveloped around. My obvious solution would be to have the municipality draw up new property lines on a negotiated basis such that there is no net loss of land area from each property owner but retains a sense of balance and harmony to the area but what does the law say?
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