Quoth ShadowBall
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The legal papers are yours. If your mother won't give them to you, steal the key. Pick the lock. Break the lock. Call the Sheriff and demand she open the box and give them to you. But get them.
You don't have to go through your mother to get the death certificate. Contact the Department of Vital Statistics in Pennsylvania (or what ever they call it there). As a grand child you have a legal right to a copy of your grandmother's death certificate. You will have to pay a fee for it. It will be anwhere from $10 to $40 (it varies by state).
If you have part ownership in a house, why the HELL are you living with your mother? Tell your aunt you are moving in. If you have legal ownership, she can't stop you. She CAN offer to buy you out. Take your share and move out of state. I would do it in a stone cold minute to get out of a situation like yours.
You will have to pay taxes on the bonds, but probably only state taxes. There's no federal tax on US bonds. US Savings bonds can have a variable or fixed interest rate depending on the type of the bond. The value for paper bonds is the face value (ie, $50 for a $50 bond) plus any interest it has earned. treasurydirect.gov can help you figure out the interest earned, but so can the bank.
Until you learn how to advocate for yourself and put yourself first, your mother is going to continue to walk all over you until you turn into her.
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