Real Estate & Property Law

No new mobile homes, please
What?s less popular with suburban neighbors than a small mobile home? Why, a large mobile home, of course! In an interesting decision handed down today, a Connecticut court held that old mobile homes in a nonconforming mobile home park could...

TN Appeals Court Finds Mobile Home Park Not Entitled to Nonconforming Use Status Due to Abandonment
The County Regional Planning Commission (RPC) brought suit against a mobile home park alleged to be in violation of a private act regulating mobile home parks in the county. In July 1997 the RPC circulated to its members a proposed private act to regulate mobile homes and in January 1998 Sanders, owner of a price [...

Unpaid Parking Ticket Results in Foreclosure
Can you really lose your home to foreclosure because of old parking tickets? A Milwaukee, Wisconsin man found out the hard way that it can actually happen.

Man surrenders to police after killing family www.privateofficer.com
Man surrenders to police after killing family www.privateofficer.com Mobile Alabama March 7 2008 A Mobile County man surrendered to police early Wednesday morning after shooting his 2-year-old son and wife to death at a mobile home park off Schillinger Road, authorities said...

Court Makes Bankruptcy Easier For Mobile Home Residents
A bankruptcy court in Tampa made bankruptcy easier for people who live in mobile homes on rented mobile home lots. A recently enacted Florida statute provides a $4,000 "wildcard" exemption for personal property which courts have said can be tacked...

Is Motor Home Exempt Homestead In Chapter 7
An asset protection client described the following homestead dilemma. The client lived in a mobile home on a lot he and his family rented in a trailer home park. The mobile home had a motor and was drive able, but...

How to Stop Home Foreclosure
Bankruptcy can Stop Foreclosure

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
TEA-21 - Plus Law 105-178

Federal Transportation Equity Act of 2005
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users

Cell Phone Early Termination Fees
How to recover billing errors

House Closing
Sealing a home sale

Great Escape Lodge and Indoor Water Park
Faces Class Action

Illinois Residents
Exposed to Potentially Carcinogenic Drinking Water

T-mobile data plans, T-mobile, t-mobile phones
T-Mobile Faces Class Action over Limited Unlimited Data Plans

Nursing Homes
Many state agencies have reported incidents of negligent care of nursing home residents resulting in death.

Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, Verizon and Alltel
allegedly charging customers for unauthorized mobile content

Hope Food Supply
ordered to shut down by FDA and recall seafood products