MERS In Trouble With The New York Court Of Bankruptcy
Call: 888-297-6203 When a bank wants to repossess or foreclose a property from a bankruptcy filer, it must be relieved from the automatic stay (given by 11 USC §362) by the court. The lenders can resume their collection activities once they get permission from the court. Select Portfolio Servicing (SPS) wanted to foreclose a mortgage on a property of a Chapter 7 debtor which was in the trust hold of First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust. The debtor had objected to the SPS’s motion for automatic stay relief, saying that the Mortgage Electronic Registration System (MERS) was unable to [...]