Q: Civil litigation on a real estate lis pendon case
I am writing to seek your expert legal opinion and guidance regarding a complex situation I am currently facing. Here is a summary of the circumstances:
- Two years ago, I purchased a home and followed all the necessary procedures, including hiring a title company.
- It has come to my attention that the title company failed to obtain a signature from the husband of the lady who sold the house. However, the husband has been separated from the lady for many years, living in a rehabilitation facility, and his name was not on the deed.
- I have been utilizing a lawyer from the title company to address this issue, but I have recently learned that the brother of the lady who sold the house is filing a lawsuit against me. The lawsuit alleges elderly abuse due to my relationship with the lady after the sale of the house
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A: My expert legal opinion and guidance is that you hire an attorney to defend the lawsuit. That's it.
Barbara Billiot Stage agrees with this answer
A:
There is no way anyone can sift through this on this platform and provide legal guidance.
Please note that a lawyer at the title company is not your lawyer, so that s/he does not represent you and does not have your best interest in mind. Certainly, you must retain your own lawyer to figure all this out.
Good luck.
Barbara Billiot Stage agrees with this answer
A: Title Insurance procedures, requirements, etc. are not title law. I doubt that the absence of a uninterested spouse signing the Deed over to you is of any legal significance to your title. Hire an attorney, not a title company, to search that title.
Barbara Billiot Stage agrees with this answer
A: Good example of why everyone should have a lawyer representing them in any transaction for real estate.
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