Elderly woman says a father and his sons 'stole' her New York City home by faking the deed

[mfcorey1]

Imagine arriving at your own home and finding out a stranger is not only squatting there — he's claiming the place for himself.

That's the nightmare that an elderly New York City woman is living, and now she is fighting to get back the house that she says an ex-con stole from her by filing a fraudulent deed and breaking in.

'It just devastates me,' Jennifer Merin told the New York Post. 'The house was maintained basically as sanctuary to my family.'

Merin says that 49-year-old Darrell Beatty and his sons — Darrell Kash, 25, and DeShaun, 22 — have been living at the home in Queens since February.

She says Beatty filed a bogus deed and moved into the house, which Merin wasn't renting, then changed all the locks.

http://www.georgianewsday.com/news/regional/294858-elderly-woman-says-a-father-and-his-sons-stole-her-new-york-city-home-by-faking-the-deed.html#sthash.tNYRqZCR.dpuf

[JustAnotherGen]

1. Was she a snow bird?

Someone who lives part time in NY then in the winter goes South? I'm trying to figure out how they got so settled in without her knowing . . .

[IdaBriggs]

2. The story doesn't say.

Here is another link about it - http://nypost.com/2014/10/12/woman-fights-to-take-back-house-stolen-in-deed-fraud-scam/

Apparently it was inherited property, and she wasn't living there, but did maintain it. The folks who record deeds have now discovered that this has potentially happened to almost a thousand other people - and it is *easy* (per the story) to do if someone is "absent" from the property.

[NaturalHigh]

3. If this is true these bastards should rot in prison.

[Bonx]

4. It's maddening that the illegal squatters are still there

Justice delayed is justice denied.

[NaturalHigh]

5. Kick

[flvegan]

6. Who insured the title on these subsequent transactions? Anyone?

If it's a simple case of fraud and squatting, then shame on the real property attorneys who have not answered the pro bono call on this.