Couple loses land to squatter's rights law

The Standard Speaker ^ | October 5, 2009 | JIM DINO

[Jimmy Valentine]

They should have gone to trial.

Adversarial Possession is well established in law.

However, there are some key issues:

1. Maintenance of the land.

2. The payment of taxes levied on the land.

3. A notice of adversarial possession to theowner.

Without knowing all of the facts, it is hard to judge, but the issues of paid taxes and maintenance of the land seems clear.

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

By maintain it - I mean pay attention to it and visit it regularly. If you note squatters, maintain your rights to the land by forcing an eviction.

[6ppc]

First year of law school - first week of real property law - adverse possession. It goes back centuries. If you own it - maintain it.

Also well covered in Business Law for business majors.

[ExGeeEye]

My attorney successfully convinces their attorney that we can show adverse possession, regardless of any survey...

I just wouldn't have done that. Now getting another, corrected survey done, that's another thing...