HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 486        FILED ON: 1/13/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1599

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Frank I. Smizik

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act to amend the foreclosure statute to require judicial foreclosure.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Frank I. Smizik

15th Norfolk

1/13/2015

Thomas P. Kennedy

Second Plymouth and Bristol

2/4/2015

Benjamin Swan

11th Hampden

2/4/2015

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

2/4/2015

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

2/4/2015

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

9/25/2019

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

9/25/2019

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

9/25/2019

Peter V. Kocot

1st Hampshire

9/25/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

9/25/2019

Marcos A. Devers

16th Essex

9/25/2019

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

9/25/2019

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

9/25/2019

John W. Scibak

2nd Hampshire

9/25/2019

Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.

26th Middlesex

9/25/2019

Ellen Story

3rd Hampshire

2/3/2015

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

9/25/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 486        FILED ON: 1/13/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1599

By Mr. Smizik of Brookline, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1599) of Frank I. Smizik and others for legislation to require judicial review of foreclosures on residential mortgages.  The Judiciary.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1617 OF 2013-2014.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act to amend the foreclosure statute to require judicial foreclosure.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Chapter 244 is hereby amended by inserting after Section 1 the following section:–

SECTION 2: Foreclosure by Complaint: All foreclosures of residential mortgages on 1-4 family owner-occupied properties shall be initiated by the filing of a foreclosure complaint against the mortgagor in the Superior Court for the county in which the property is located. A defendant-residential mortgagor may raise all legal and equitable claims and defenses against the mortgagee or any predecessor in interest, assignee, agent or any person or entity acting on behalf of such mortgagee. The court shall have the authority to modify the mortgage or grant any other appropriate relief as to the mortgagor but nothing in this section shall affect the rights of tenants or other legal occupants residing in the property that is the subject of the complaint.  The court may set aside a default judgment for good cause shown.