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Maine Supreme Judicial Court may reconsider a legal protection against home foreclosure

Por: Portland Press Herald Nation November 01, 2022

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Maine’s top court will begin weighing two cases Tuesday that could rewrite the rules for how home foreclosures are handled in the state. The cases before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court focus on whether a mortgage servicer can try to foreclose on a home a second time, after previously losing the foreclosure case because the company failed to present proper evidence of ownership and the amount owed on the loan. Under law that dates to 1997 and... + full article



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