Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Indiana

My daughter bought a house in February of this year and the seller signed an agreement to pay the taxes due while he owned the house. In Lake County Indiana the amount due is for the prior year. When her mortgage company got the bill and told us how much they would need, the seller is refusing to pay. He claims that the assesed value of the house is too high compared to the appraisal. He claims that because we didn't contest the appraised value of the home in June(when the tax bill came in) that we should be responsible for part of the taxes before my daughter owned the home. I was told that we could not contest the bill...it had to be him since he was the one who owned the house last year...is this something I should take to small claims court or should I hire a lawyer? The amount that he is responsible for is roughly $2400.00.

Asked on 9/21/11, 11:27 pm

Kenneth Wilk Rubino Ruman Crosmer & Polen

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It sounds like he would be bound by the agreement. For the amount involved it would probably be best to go to small claims court.

Answered on 9/26/11, 5:06 pm

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