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Appellate Division, Second Department:May 6, 2020
Appellate Division, Second Department:February 5, 2020
90-Day Pre-Foreclosure Notice: The Mega Defense To Destroy a Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Action
The 90-day notice is a powerful defense that can result in dismissal of a residential foreclosure action. The law, however, is rapidly changing.Liberal View Allowing Action Anew Barred by Statute of Limitations
In his Foreclosure Litigation column, Bruce Bergman discusses a "savings provision" contained in CPLR §205 which has received a helpful liberal interpretation by the Court of Appeals which permits a dismissed action to be initiated anew even though the statute of limitations had otherwise expired. This has the potential to avoid the anomaly of a defaulting borrower otherwise entitled to retain mortgage proceeds with no remedy for the lender.Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC v. Gerard A. Strauss, et al.
Discontinuing the Foreclosure Action—Easy Right?
In his Foreclosure Litigation column, Bruce Bergman explains that although foreclosure discontinuance motions without prejudice are granted in an “overwhelming number of instances,” it remains in the court's discretion. Thus, if damage or prejudice to a defendant might result, discontinuance may be denied.Bank Fails to Establish Good Cause Exists to Grant Extension of Time to Serve Respondent
Sale on Older Foreclosure Judgment To Be Held Within 90 Days?
In his Foreclosure Litigation column, Bruce Bergman discusses the timing issue surrounding a foreclosing plaintiff proceeding to sale and concludes: “It appears that a pre-amendment foreclosure judgment does not require a foreclosure sale within 90 days. While an uncertain or timorous plaintiff might err on the side of caution and seek such an order to avoid any chance of contention, such appears to be unnecessary and wasteful of time and expense.”Appellate Division, Second Department: April 11, 2019
APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT: March 28 ,2019
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