Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Illinois

Someone took out a mortgage in my fathers name and used it to buy a house. Does my father now legally own the house? Since we know where it is can we go over there and legally take it?


Asked on 11/16/15, 2:30 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Based on these facts, no, and no. Someone will have to actually look at the paperwork and most likely ask a bunch of questions in order to make any sense of this -- taking out a mortgage in someone else's name sounds more like fraud.

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Answered on 11/16/15, 3:51 pm


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