2019: Mike and Virginia McClaughry were evicted by court order from a home they did not own. The couple never paid a penny for the home and yet claimed in a lawsuit they owned the $600,000 piece of land with its main home and guest home.
Background: Virginia's father Lee Robertson purchased the land and built the home and the guest home in 1996. Virginia claimed her father gifted her the place. Problem is he never legally reconveyed the home to Virginia. Instead, Lee made the payments and paid the property tax for the entire 23 years the McClaughry's lived in the home. Lee took the mortgage and property tax write offs and his taxes.
In 2012, Lee was getting up there in years and couldn't work as much to support Mike and Virginia. Lee borrowed $400,000 on his property. Fast forward to 2018 and the bank foreclosed on Lee's home as he had not kept up the payments. The bank sold the note to Fannie Mae.
Fannie Mae sold the home to another couple who told the McClaughry's to leave the property. The McClaughry's refused to leave and became squatters. They sued the new owners and claimed they owned the home by adverse possession and oral gift.
The Court evicted the McClaughry's from the property. The Court further awarded the new owners $11,000 in legal fees they had spent to evict the McClaughry's.
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2019: Mike and Virginia McClaughry Evicted by Court Order from a Home They Did Not Own
2019: Mike and Virginia McClaughry were evicted by court order from a home they did not own. The couple never paid a penny for the home and yet claimed in a lawsuit they owned the $600,000 piece of land with its main home and guest home.
Background: Virginia's father Lee Robertson purchased the land and built the home and the guest home in 1996. Virginia claimed her father gifted her the place. Problem is he never legally reconveyed the home to Virginia. Instead, Lee made the payments and paid the property tax for the entire 23 years the McClaughry's lived in the home. Lee took the mortgage and property tax write offs and his taxes.
In 2012, Lee was getting up there in years and couldn't work as much to support Mike and Virginia. Lee borrowed $400,000 on his property. Fast forward to 2018 and the bank foreclosed on Lee's home as he had not kept up the payments. The bank sold the note to Fannie Mae.
Fannie Mae sold the home to another couple who told the McClaughry's to leave the property. The McClaughry's refused to leave and became squatters. They sued the new owners and claimed they owned the home by adverse possession and oral gift.
The Court evicted the McClaughry's from the property. The Court further awarded the new owners $11,000 in legal fees they had spent to evict the McClaughry's.
2019: Mike and Virginia McClaughry were evicted by court order from a home they did not own. The couple never paid a penny for the home and yet claimed in a lawsuit they owned the $600,000 piece of land with its main home and guest home.
Background: Virginia's father Lee Robertson purchased the land and built the home and the guest home in 1996. Virginia claimed her father gifted her the place. Problem is he never legally reconveyed the home to Virginia. Instead, Lee made the payments and paid the property tax for the entire 23 years the McClaughry's lived in the home. Lee took the mortgage and property tax write offs and his taxes.
In 2012, Lee was getting up there in years and couldn't work as much to support Mike and Virginia. Lee borrowed $400,000 on his property. Fast forward to 2018 and the bank foreclosed on Lee's home as he had not kept up the payments. The bank sold the note to Fannie Mae.
Fannie Mae sold the home to another couple who told the McClaughry's to leave the property. The McClaughry's refused to leave and became squatters. They sued the new owners and claimed they owned the home by adverse possession and oral gift.
The Court evicted the McClaughry's from the property. The Court further awarded the new owners $11,000 in legal fees they had spent to evict the McClaughry's.