Real Estate & Property Law

Tax Overbids and Excess Proceeds
We handle many Florida probate cases for claiming tax overbid or excess proceeds. But what are they exactly? Overbids or excess proceeds usually refer to the excess “profit” on real estate that has been sold at a tax auction...

Chapter 13: Court Determines Amount of Avoided Secured Liens
In Chapter 13 bankruptcy the debtor can wipe away part or all of some judicial liens. Judicial liens are liens placed on property by judgment creditors as opposed to purchase money liens which are placed on property by the vendor...

N. Virginia Man Cops Plea In Fraud Case; Allegedly Pocketed Refinancing Proceeds Intended To Pay Off Existing Liens, Sold Same Loans Multiple Times

Maryland Feds Indict Title Agent For Pocketing Escrow Proceeds, Failing To Pay Off Existing Liens; Accused Of Using "Ponzi" Method Of Hiding Bad Acts

Liens Not Unethical
The Arizona Disciplinary Commission has, in my view correctly, affirmed the proposed dismissal of ethics charges against an attorney who had accepted liens to secure the payment of fees in divorce cases...

Federal Tax Liens and Personal Property in Bankruptcy
Federal tax liens attach to personal property acquired by the debtor before a bankruptcy case. Federal tax liens can not be avoided in bankruptcy. 11 U.S.C. § 522(c)(2)(B). However, there are options for dealing with federal tax liens and personal property in Chapter 7 bankruptcies...