Sherwin Law Firm To Argue Foreclosure Defense Appeal Before Supreme Judicial Court
The Supreme Judicial Court has granted direct appellate review for one of my upcoming foreclosure defense appeals. Direct appellate review allows the Supreme Judicial Court (Massachusetts’s highest court) to hear an appeal pending before the Appeals Court (the appellate court that is responsible for initially hearing appeals). Direct appellate review is often granted for pressing issues of law that the Supreme Judicial Court believes is necessary to resolve as soon as possible.
This appeal is whether a mortgagee’s failure to comply with G.L. c. 244, § 15A (which requires notices to be sent after the foreclosure sale) invalidates a foreclosure. This law has been included as among the requirements for a Massachusetts foreclosure and trial courts are divided as to whether this is a valid foreclosure defense. Stay tuned!