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More American seniors are looking for creative ways to avoid foreclosure and keep their homes. People of retirement age have always had the standard concerns — having enough in savings, long-term health care, providing for children — however, losing their home wasn’t typically one of them. Times are different now. […]

Miami-Dade Senior Circuit Judge Jon Gordon doesn’t like to be lied to in his courtroom. When the judge felt Vilma Violetta Martinez, a homeowner who appeared before him in a foreclosure trial, lied to him repeatedly, he ruled in favor of the lender, Bank of New York Mellon, and told […]

A child custody battle that is playing out in a Stuart, Florida courtroom has international interest. The mother, who is from Brazil, is desperately trying to get her daughter back from her ex-husband who is a registered sex offender. Their 7-year-old girl has been with her father for fourteen months, […]

A Missouri jury ordered Portfolio Recovery, a large bad debt buyer, to pay nearly $83 million to Maria Guadalupe Mejia, of Kansas City, Missouri, because they pursued her for a $1,000 credit card bill that didn’t belong to her. The jury found the collector violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices […]