What Happens When Unmarried Co-Owners of Real Estate Cannot Agree? Understanding Partition Actions in Michigan Purchasing real estate with another person can be a practical way to achieve homeownership or invest in property. Many people buy homes, vacation properties, or…
This case is a dispute over the ownership of certain real property. Quitclaim Deed A and J purchased a home in Michigan (the property). In 2002, A and J established the A and J Trust, of which A and J…
This case arises from a dispute regarding the application of restrictive covenants to a short-term rental property. Restrictive Covenants Plaintiff, a property owners association, enacted restrictive covenants to govern the lot owners of a subdivision. It asserted that the covenants…
Plaintiff owned real property that was secured by a mortgage loan. Defendant purchased the property at the sheriff’s sale after plaintiff defaulted on the loan. One day before the redemption period expired, plaintiff sold defendant her interest in the property,…
This case involves a probate dispute regarding ownership interest in real property following FK’s death. The parties do not dispute the relevant facts. FK and his wife sold the property at issue to their daughter, RM, for $50,000, and the…
This case concerns a dispute over a 193-square-foot parcel, referred to as the “gap parcel,” located in Michigan, between two pieces of property owned, or formerly owned, by plaintiff, and abutting property owned by defendant. There is no dispute that…
REAL ESTATE 64: The Plaintiff met her burden of proof in her quiet title action to establish a prima facie case of title to the property at issue. November 6 2020 Plaintiff filed this action to quiet title to residential…
REAL ESTATE 44: Rule of acquiescence in boundary disputes. September 26 2019 In this case, plaintiffs and defendants were neighbors, business associates, and friends, but the business relationship deteriorated. Plaintiff purchased the assets of the business that he shared with…
REAL ESTATE 38: Plaintiff fails to make land contract payments. July 23 2019 This case arises from a land contract and quitclaim deed that plaintiff signed with T Company on October 22, 2010. The land contract stated that T Company…
REAL ESTATE 29: Abandon personal property left in house after foreclosure. February 14 2019 In this case, there is no dispute that plaintiffs had notice of the foreclosure by advertisement, MCL 600.3201, and that plaintiffs failed to redeem the property…