Encroachment – House Encroaching on Neighbor’s Property
- DATE: Wed Aug 2019
- CATEGORY: Ownership/Boundary Disputes , Title Disputes
The Firm recently resolved a lender’s policy claim involving the encroachment of a structure onto a neighboring tract. In this case, the property owner’s home encroached over the property line of her neighbor (her son). When the owner died, the loan fell into default, and the Bank commenced foreclosure proceedings.… Read More
Missing Ownership – Child Borrowed Parent’s Money to Purchase a Home
- DATE: Wed Jul 2019
- CATEGORY: Ownership/Boundary Disputes , Title Disputes
In a recent case, a Child borrowed money from a Parent to buy a home. To secure repayment, the Parent took a one percent ownership interest in the home to ensure that he would have notice if the Child ever tried to mortgage or sell the Home. But the Act… Read More
Missing Ownership – Death of Mortgage Holder with No Succession
- DATE: Wed Jul 2019
- CATEGORY: Ownership/Boundary Disputes , Title Disputes
In a recent case, a husband and wife with numerous children owned a home subject to a mortgage. The husband passed away, and no succession was ever opened. Nevertheless, the wife refinanced the loan secured by the existing mortgage with a new loan and mortgage. By oversight the closing firm… Read More
Ownership Disputes – Dual Assessment Leading to Competing Title
- DATE: Wed Jul 2019
- CATEGORY: Ownership/Boundary Disputes , Title Disputes
In St. Tammany Parish, Harlan Law Firm obtained a Judgment in favor of its client vindicating ownership of multiple adjacent tracts of land. In the case, the former owner of the tracts (the client’s father) had the Assessor consolidate all of the tracts under a single omnibus assessment number. Unfortunately,… Read More
Ownership/Boundary Disputes
- DATE: Wed Jul 2019
- CATEGORY: Ownership/Boundary Disputes
Surveyors are human. And humans make mistakes. For this reason (and others), disputes often arise as to exactly where property boundaries are located. The successful resolution of such disputes calls upon a thorough understanding of the specialized rules and laws that govern them, as well as experience in applying that… Read More
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Hansel Harlan
Prior to forming Harlan Law Firm, Hansel worked with another Law Firm, Phelps Dunbar in the Commercial Litigation Section. Mr. Harlan had a general national commercial litigation practice with a…
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