My father is getting ready to begin a huge home improvement project(i.e. renovation and restoration). However he has a huge problem. When my grandmother passed back in 1984, she left the house and property to my father and his other 5 siblings. The problem is, 4 of the siblings have been dead for 25 years. When they were, they never paid property taxes, utility bills, or contributed to anything with the household, my father has been the main person who occupies the house, maintains the utilities, AND pays the property taxes. My father is in the beginning stages of the project but cannot seem to finance the project. In order to obtain a home equity line of credit, he is told that the remaining parties on the deed that are deceased would have to be removed from the deed. My question is, the children of the decease? They are trying to get house out of my fathers name so they can sell the estate and get the money. if my father gets the line of credit does he owe them anything?