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Client, who has owned her home for 23 years, needs to remove a mortgage from her property. Client purchased the property outright from her father in 1996. Client’s father took out a Bank of America mortgage for $18,000 two years later in 1998, securing client’s property as collateral, despite him no longer being an owner. Client’s father died in 2018 […]

A 69- year-old client seeks assistance getting title to the home she has lived in for almost 50 years. Client’s partner took title to the home for client in 1972, because client was not creditworthy. Client made all payments for the house. Client and her partner subsequently broke up. In 1987, client and the record owner signed an agreement of […]

Client needs title to her family home that she has been living in off and on since she was a child so she can change the utility bills into her name and fix the heating in her home. Client’s grandparents started living in the property in 1992. At the time, they paid rent to the landlord, who is the current […]

Client seeks assistance defending title to her home where she has been living and operating a small business for over a decade. Client purchased the property in 2007. She subsequently took out two mortgages in 2007 and 2008 with the assistance of an employee of a small title company. Both mortgages have since been satisfied. In 2018, client took out […]

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Client needs a volunteer attorney for an adverse possession claim. Client needs title to qualify for repair grants and to enter into a payment agreement for delinquent water bills. Client has been living in the home of a family friend, who died intestate in 1998. Client has been living in the property continuously since the day deceased record owner (DRO) […]

Client seeks title to the property where she has lived for over 25 years. Client entered into a written lease-purchase contract with a real estate company in July 1993. The real estate company claimed it was acting as an agent for the record owner, who died in 1999; however, no proof of this relationship can be found. Client completed the […]

A 72-year-old client seeks assistance with obtaining title to the home she has lived in continuously for 20 years. The home is owned by client’s close friend, who passed away intestate in August 2000. The deceased record owner (DRO) died intestate and without ascertainable heirs. Because the DRO had no intestate heirs, the property escheated to the Commonwealth after her […]

A 68-year-old client entered into a verbal rent-to-own agreement with a trusted friend in late 1998. The agreement stipulated that owner would lend client $9,000 to fix the property, and that title would be transferred to client once client had paid back $11,000. Client paid about $7,500 before the record owner died in 2005. Deceased record owner had two sons […]