JULIAN v. BUONASSISSI

No. 37, Sept. Term, 2009.

997 A.2d 104 (2010)

414 Md. 641

Harriette JULIAN v. Joseph BUONASSISSI, et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

June 16, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip Robinson (Civil Justice, Inc., Baltimore), on brief, for petitioner/cross-respondent.

C. Matthew Hill (Public Justice Center, Baltimore; Stephen D. Ball, Mitchellville), on brief, for petitioner/cross-respondent.

Kathleen S. Skullney, Foreclosure Legal Assistance Project Attorney, Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., brief and appendix as Amicus Curiae, for petitioner/cross-respondent.

Scott C. Borison, Legg Law Firm, LLC, Frederick, Michael Gregg Morin, The Holland Law Firm, PC, Annapolis, Amici Curiae Brief of Community Law Center, Maryland Cash Campaign, Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition, and St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center, for petitioner/cross-respondent.

Douglas F. Gansler, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, William D. Gruhn, Jonathan R. Krasnoff, Christopher J. Young, Asst. Attys. Gen., Brief of Amici Curiae the Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney General and the Commissioner of Financial Regulation, for petitioner/cross-respondent.

F. Robert Troll, Jr., Susan Zuhowski, O'Malley, Miles, Nylen & Gilmore, P.A., brief of Amicus Curiae The Maryland Land Title Association, for respondents/cross-petitioners.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, MURPHY, ADKINS and BARBERA, JJ.


BATTAGLIA, J.

In this case we have been asked to determine whether a real estate conveyance was void ab initio or voidable under the Protection of Homeowners in Foreclosure Act, Sections 7-301 to 7-321 of the Real Property Article, Maryland Code (1974, 2003 Repl. Vol., 2006 Supp.). Although Harriette Julian, the Petitioner and alleged foreclosure rescue scam victim, failed to file a supersedeas bond1 to stay the ratification by...

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