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1 Answer | Asked in Foreclosure and Real Estate Law for Utah on
Q: If I've paid off a home equity can they charge me attorney,appraisal fees, and owe property tax home insurance

Included mortgage payment in to escrow. I receive a letter to pay or I'm in default

Kenneth Prigmore
Kenneth Prigmore
answered on May 8, 2019

As it has been five weeks since you posted, I suspect you have already been forced to make a decision. In case this issue comes up again, most of your relationship with the mortgage company is controlled by contract. Many lenders will agree to waive mortgage insurance if your equity exceeds a... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Real Estate Law, Land Use & Zoning and Landlord - Tenant for Utah on
Q: My dad's landlord has been collecting rent from my dad and today we found out due to code enforcement that we have 10

Days to move cuz it is city property. Not our landlords. He refuses to refund any money or help with moving costs. We signed a lease and everything. What are our rights?

Kenneth Prigmore
Kenneth Prigmore
answered on May 8, 2019

Since 10 days have already passed, I assume you are already out of the property, unless you retained an attorney that was able to help you work something out with the city. In regards to paying rent and getting a refund from the landlord, any rent paid in advance for days you aren't allowed to... View More

2 Answers | Asked in Estate Planning for Utah on
Q: If a trust specifies a yearly distribution to beneficiaries until all money is gone,

legally speaking isn't the money in the trust still considered the trustor's held in trust after their death until all money is gone.

the trustor had specific burial wishes and noted that there would be "plenty of money" for those wishes. Can't the money in the... View More

Kenneth Prigmore
Kenneth Prigmore
answered on May 8, 2019

You stated, "the trustor had specific burial wishes". If those wishes were stated in the Trust, they must be followed. Even "settling the affairs of the estate" could reasonably be inferred to include the costs of burial. If the Trustor had specific wishes that were not stated... View More

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