Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Maryland

Re: Real Estate Law

Forget about adverse possession. If the rightful owner enters on the property, it cuts off your time period. If you have any other grounds based on effects on your own property from what the neighboring property owner wants to do, you can oppose the variance request.

Re: Real Estate Law

There are several facets of adverse possession that need to be met. Namely that your possession must be adverse, notorious, hostile to the real owner, exclusive of use by others, enduring for the statutory period, uninterupted with use against the real owner, visible use, and actual possession (with exceptions on this last point). Constuctive adverse possession is an exception to actual possession. How the real owner holds the property has significant implications. In short, adverse possession is a fight that may not be worth the effort. Lastly, there is no adverse possession against governmental entities and non-profit associations can invoke certain protection where governmental alliance is a factor.

Your real issue is to fight the variance. You need the assistance of an attorney and should not hesitate where your property is involved.