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Massachusetts - Chapter 10. Mortgage Foreclosure - 28 Practice Series: Real Estate Law with Forms
P. 1Massachusetts - Chapter 10. Mortgage Foreclosure - 28 Practice Series: Real Estate Law with FormsMassachusetts - Chapter 10. Mortgage Foreclosure - 28 Practice Series: Real Estate Law with FormsRatings: (0)|Views: 238|Likes: 1Published by ForeclosureGate.org LibraryMore info:Categories:Types, Business/Law, Real EstatePublished by: ForeclosureGate.org Library on Apr 08, 2011Copyright:Attribution Non-commercialAvailability:Read on Scribd mobile: iPhone, iPad and Android.download as PDF, TXT or read online from ScribdFlag for inappropriate content|Add to collectionSee moreSee lesshttps://www.scribd.com/doc/52606420/Massachusetts-Chapter-10-Mortgage-Foreclosure-28-Practice-Series-Real-Estate-Law-with-Forms09/10/2013pdftextoriginal 28 Massachusetts Practice Series: Real Estate Law with Forms(4th ed. 2004 & Supp. 2009-2010)by William V. Hovey, Michael Pill & Darren BairdOctober 22, 2010Chapter 10. Mortgage Foreclosure
The following new § 10.2 will appear in the 2010-2011 Supplement(2)
This new section was drafted by Michael Pill, Esq., Green, Miles, Lipton & Fitz-Gibbon, LLC, 77 Pleasant Street, P.O. Box 210, Northampton, MA 01061-0210;phone (413) 586-8218; fax (413) 584-6278; email mpill@verizon.net§ 10.2 Defending against mortgage foreclosures in Massachusetts
Massachusetts mortgage foreclosures are generally nonjudicial, under a statutory powerof sale. G.L. c. 244, §§ 11-17C. G.L. c. 244, § 14 authorizes a foreclosure sale under a statutorypower of sale.[1]Foreclosure under the statutory power of sale does not require any court approval exceptfor a determination under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C.A. App., §§ 501-596)that the borrower is not currently in military service.[2]A foreclosure sale under the statutory power of sale may be based on incomplete, back-dated, fraudulent, or even forged documentation.[3] Such practices in Massachusetts are subjectto challenge under the Consumer Protection Act, G.L. c. 93A, §§ 2 & 9 and the attorneygeneral’s regulations at 940 CMR 3.05 & 3.16. In addition, “a court acting under generalprinciples of equity jurisprudence has broad power to reform, rescind, or cancel writteninstruments, including mortgages, on grounds such as fraud, mistake, accident, or illegality.”
Beaton v. Land Court,
367 Mass. 385, 392, 326 N.E.2d 302, 308 (1975),
423U.S. 806, 96 S.Ct. 16, 46 L.Ed.2d 27 (1975).1
The burden is on the homeowner to challenge the foreclosure process. Such challengesmay take the following forms, depending in part on how early or late an attorney is brought intothe foreclosure process:(1) The borrower may challenge a purported lender’s standing to bring a ServicemembersCivil Relief Act proceeding;(2) A borrower may challenge a foreclosure proceeding in an independent action against thelender filed in the superior court, land court, or housing court, which may include arequest for a preliminary injunction;(3) One can seek bankruptcy protection and oppose the foreclosing party’s motion for relief from the automatic stay;(4) Title to real estate can be tried in a summary process eviction action brought by theforeclosure sale buyer; or, if all else fails,(5) Seek to negotiate compensation for moving out, or consider remaining in the home untilphysical eviction becomes imminent.Each of these approaches is discussed in more detail below.
The borrower may challenge a purported lender’s standing to bring aServicemembers Civil Relief Act proceeding.
Because the only purpose of a Servicemembers Civil Relief Act proceeding is todetermine whether a borrower is in active military service, one cannot use it to raise any issueother than the threshold question of the mortgagee’s standing, which is a subject matterjurisdictional prerequisite for any judicial proceeding. When the standing issue is raised by aborrower, it is a burden of proof that the alleged lender must be prepared to assume.[4]2
367 Mass. 385, 326 N.E.2d 302 (1975),
423U.S. 806, 96 S.Ct. 16, 46 L.Ed.2d 27 (1975), the court explained the reason for limiting thescope of Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act proceedings in these words:[A]ctions taken to comply with the 1940 Relief Act, such as the steps prescribed bySt.1943, c. 57, as amended, are re not in themselves mortgage foreclosureproceedings in any ordinary sense. Rather, they occur independently of the actualforeclosure itself and of any judicial proceedings determinative of the generalvalidity of the foreclosure. Statute 1943, c. 57, as amended, simply establishesprocedures whereby mortgagees, in addition to taking all steps necessary toforeclose, can make certain that there will be no cloud on the title following theforeclosure as a result of an interested party having been in, or just released from,military service and thus under the protective umbrella of the 1940 Relief Act.367 Mass. at 390, 326 N.E.2d at 305.A successful challenge to the mortgagee’s standing in a Servicemembers Civil Relief Actproceeding will not invalidate a foreclosure sale if the mortgagor is not entitled to the act’sprotection,[5] but it will render the foreclosure sale buyer’s title unmarketable for twentyyears.[6]
A borrower may challenge a foreclosure proceeding in an independent actionagainst the lender filed in the superior court, land court, or housing court, whichmay include a request for a preliminary injunction.
Since Massachusetts foreclosures are nonjudicial (except for the Servicemembers' CivilRelief Act filing), borrowers who seek to challenge a foreclosure must file an action seekingequitable relief in superior court under G.L. c. 214, § 1, land court under G.L. c. 185, § 1(k), orhousing court under G.L. c. 185C, § 3, If the claims for relief include G.L. c. 93A, the actionmust be brought in the housing court or superior court. If the claims for relief includedeclaratory judgment, G.L. c. 231A, § 1 refers only to the land court and superior court.[7]3
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