In NYC, is your real estate attorney responsible for insuring the original deed is recorded to complete the transaction ?

The attorney will usually use a title abstract company who assumes the responsibility of making sure that the deed is recorded. The transfer tax...

What is a STIPULATION TO DISCONTINUE ACTION with a foreclosure?

An attorney is going to have to look at what happened in the foreclosure case to give you a more definitive answer. If there was a 90 day notice...

Am I entitled to any proceeds from the sale of his moms house?

You're entitled to equitable distribution of the marital assets. Once you file for divorce, you and your husband will get together in court to see...

How do we sell an inherited property to one of the inherits?

The three of you can base the sale price on whatever you want, but generally the appraisal is a good place to start. If you decide that $450,000...

My husband won't call the lawyer to add my name on the mortgage and the property. If he die, do I get the house?

If you're married at the time of his death, and he has no will, the property will pass to both you and his children by operation of law. If you,...

What type of lawyer does building or housing court violations

A real estate litigation attorney familiar with the administrative bodies in your area can assist you with this. What you end up doing will depend...

Fake notary on mortgage & the note assignment? Plaintiff did not exist on filing date- NYS property residence ?

This isn't really a defense in the eviction action; it would have been a possible defense in the foreclosure action. If you feel that the judge...

Help with a foreclosure question please

Go in and ask for an adjournment so that you can put in opposition to the summary judgment motion. Since it's summary judgment and not just an...

Fake notary on mortgage & the note assignment? Plaintiff did not exist on filing date- NYS property residence ?

You have a res judicata problem. The defenses you wish to raise in your eviction action should have been raised in the foreclosure action. If...

It is said that the definition of insanity is when you do the same thing over and over and expect a different result. You're wasting your time...