Your divorce separation agreement is the starting place. There should have been discussion of when the refinance was to take place and a mechanism for sale of the real estate in the event of inability to qualify to refinance. Failure to follow the terms of the separation agreement /divorce Judgment... View More

For tax purposes, any income received from renting space on your driveway would be taxable likely as rental income on Schedule E. Consult a tax professional to go over your options with this kind of income. Seperately, the city or your real estate title documents may have restrictions that prevent... View More

Unfortunately, the lender can foreclose on the mortgage even though only your name is on the deed and only your ex-husband's name is on the mortgage. As long as the mortgage was validly created, regardless of who gave it and who currently owns the property, a lender is always entitled to... View More

Massachusetts law requires only that home sellers disclose the existence of lead paint and the presence of a septic system. Beyond this, Massachusetts is a caveat emptor state where it is up to the buyer to satisfy herself as to the condition of the property by conducting an inspection or doing... View More

Here is the misleadingly short answer: the duty to repair a wall falls on the person who altered the grade of his land, and later owners of the same property. However, there are so many fact-bound variations on this concept that stating it this way may raise more issues than it resolves. Who is... View More

Has your mother's Will been filed with the probate Court with either a Formal petition or otherwise? Did she pass away during the last three years? I will assume for this response that she did. This Petition for Probate step needs to occur with someone seeking appointment as Personal... View More

Foreclosure auctions are generally governed by this statute: https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleIII/Chapter244/Section14

When you gave your deposit you would have signed a contract with the auctioneer. That contract determines the specifics. You need to start by having... View More

Don't marry him (because then the house would be part of the marital estate), and he should pay you rent as a month to month tenant. If you break up just evict him.

If your brother is still on the deed then he is still part owner until he conveys his interest, even if he is not paying his share of the expenses.

This is a question for your accountant.

Possibly. Here is a helpful resource: https://www.masslegalhelp.org/housing/lt1-chapter-12-evictions

You should check the terms of the lease or call your housing authority and explain the situation. Sometimes even if the lease prohibits it, you can make arrangements with your landlord to terminate the lease without penalty.

Under Massachusetts law you must pay your condo fees when they are due. Not paying them on time creates an automatic lien that the condo association can then enforce. Your notice was your condo bill. Here is the applicable law, which since 1993 has given condo associations this broad authority... View More

Most condominiums in Massachusetts have provisions for charging late fees, attorney's fees and expenses of collection. Six months of past due common area fees are a lien on the unit prior to any first mortgage. Because of this, and because Massachusetts cases have held that common area fees... View More

There are several preliminary issues. First, any right to recovery would be held by your brother's estate or a trust or other entity that took over his rights upon his death. In most cases only a decedent's probate estate or testamentary trust has a right to pursue the decedent's... View More

This would normally be pursued in a Contempt Complaint to enforce the provisions of the Divorce Judgment and Separation Agreement. If the Court finds that the failure to comply was not willful or a clear violation the Court could grant some additional time to comply if t he circumstances justify... View More

Every property is owned by someone. Start with the tax assessor's office records, which should be online. From there you get an owner name address and deed reference that you can do further research with. Www.masslandrecords.com for the registry of deeds records, including plans.

The only way to answer your question is for you to hire an attorney to actually read and analyze the documents in question in order to properly advise you of your rights. Each contract is unique so a thorough review of both these documents is necessary to know how they interact and affect each... View More

Depends on what you mean by the imprecise "signed over" term. Signed over could mean: (A) that she signed a new deed transferring the property to you before she died; or (B) that she named you in her will to inherit the property upon her death, in whole or in part. If A then you would... View More

Impossible to know the tax implications without fully reviewing the relevant legal documents to determine exactly what was done and how. Hire an attorney or consult the attorney who handled the transaction to do this.