Lapeer, MI asked in Contracts and Real Estate Law for Michigan

Q: Is there hope to get my childhood home back?

My mother and I were ( I believe) wrongfully evicted from land that we had been renting to own for 12 years, and due to a blight complaint while cleaning out our garage (we all fell ill and had to stop working for a week or so) the guy we bought the land from said we had to give him 30,000 dollars in one lump sum (we only owed around 12k) or he was going to have us evicted. This all happened as COVID started. Is there anyway I can possibly take them to court over land that we owned on a land contract?

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David Soble
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David Soble
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  • Farmington Hills, MI
  • Licensed in Michigan

A: A real estate attorney familiar with land contract law would need to review the default provisions of the land contract. Additionally, there is a legal process for forfeiture on a land contract. See more at: https://provenresource.com/land-contract-law/

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