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Home › 2020 › July

Month: July 2020

Massachusetts Eviction Moratorium Goes to Court

By Adam T. Sherwin, Esq. Posted on July 31, 2020 Posted in Massachusetts Landlord/Tenant Law Blog Tagged with evictions, moratorium

The Massachusetts eviction moratorium, which has been in place since March, is off to court. A group of Massachusetts landlords have brought a lawsuit challenging the legality of this order, and have asked for a preliminary injunction, requesting that the more »

How to Settle Property Disputes

By Adam T. Sherwin, Esq. Posted on July 29, 2020 Posted in Massachusetts Property Law Blog Tagged with adverse possession, property dispute

A recent story from Maine discusses the importance of how to settle property disputes and, most importantly, what to avoid. In this article, a dispute over property among neighbors got so bad that one of the neighbors cut the other’s more »

Evictions in Massachusetts on Hold Through October 2020

By Adam T. Sherwin, Esq. Posted on July 22, 2020 Posted in Massachusetts Landlord/Tenant Law Blog Tagged with evictions, moratorium

Evictions in Massachusetts are now on hold through October 2020, per Governor Baker’s extension of the eviction and foreclosure moratorium. The moratorium was set to expire on August 18th, and is now extended through October 17, 2020. As I have more »

Obtaining a Mortgage Discharge

By Adam T. Sherwin, Esq. Posted on July 20, 2020 Posted in Massachusetts Property Law Blog Tagged with mortgage, mortgage discharge, real estate

Obtaining a mortgage discharge is a critical part of selling property or refinancing a loan. This simple (but extremely important document) shows that a mortgage was fully paid. The vast majority of the time, mortgage discharges are properly recorded in more »

Fighting a Zoning Decision

By Adam T. Sherwin, Esq. Posted on July 17, 2020 Posted in Massachusetts Property Law Blog Tagged with zoning

Fighting a zoning decision generally occurs through the filing of a G.L. c. 40A, § 17 appeal in Land Court or Superior Court. Such, an appeal, however, many only be filed by a “person aggrieved.” On this important topic, the more »

Landlord-Tenant Screening in Massachusetts

By Adam T. Sherwin, Esq. Posted on July 15, 2020 Posted in Massachusetts Landlord/Tenant Law Blog Tagged with landlord resources, tenant resources

An important tool exists for landlord-tenant screening, one that is completely free and easy to use.  All of Massachusetts’s trial court dockets are online, providing both tenants and landlords with the ability to see filed eviction cases across the state. more »

Dividing Property Through Partition: Three Things to Know

By Adam T. Sherwin, Esq. Posted on July 10, 2020 Posted in Massachusetts Property Law Blog Tagged with Partition, real estate

Dividing property through partition is the legal process by which an owner of real property can force the sale of property owned with a co-owner. In Massachusetts, a partition case may be filed in Land Court or Probate and Family more »

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