JustAsking

I don't know what the law is in US but in my country Beth's lawyer should be in trouble, possibly disbarred, for misrepresenting his client. Beth is entitled to at least some equity for the house because she is a legal daughter and her father's words about "In my book you aren't [my daughter]" are irrelevant. Her lawyer should've make that clear. She was also paying the mortgage for some time, so any payments should also be deducted from equity. Generally, her lawyer wasn't doing his job here. He seems to have supported the father instead.

I don't know what the law is in US but in my country Beth's lawyer should be in trouble, possibly disbarred, for misrepresenting his client. Beth is entitled to at least some equity for the house because she is a legal daughter and her father's words about "In my book you aren't [my daughter]" are irrelevant. Her lawyer should've make that clear. She was also paying the mortgage for some time, so any payments should also be deducted from equity. Generally, her lawyer wasn't doing his job here. He seems to have supported the father instead.