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Perspective

Sep. 20, 2012

Three wrong foreclosure delay theories

Defaulted homeowners are often easy targets for lawyers peddling false hopes that foreclosure may be avoided by suing the lender on abstruse, but meritless theories. By Jan T. Chilton and Jon D. Ives of Severson & Werson PC


By Jan T. Chilton and Jon D. Ives


Defaulted homeowners, often frantic to avoid foreclosure, are easy targets for lawyers peddling false hopes that foreclosure may be avoided by suing the lender on abstruse, but meritless theories. The result is a flood of litigation that threatens to inundate our already over-stretched court system. Among these fanciful, but fancy-sounding theories are the three laid to rest in this article.

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