A bill that aims to stop lawyers from wrongly charging homeowners for nonexistent foreclosure lawsuits unanimously passed a state Senate committee Tuesday.
The bill, , is headed to the full Senate for approval before heading back to the House because an amendment was added.
Senators in the local government committee approved a change to the legislation that requires foreclosure lawyers to submit a final bill, called a cure statement, to a county’s public trustee outlining the costs a homeowner must pay to stop a foreclosure against them. Additionally, the lawyers must provide receipts proving lawsuit costs billed to the homeowner, known as a Rule 120 hearing, are for cases that actually exist.
how some lawyers charged homeowners hundreds of dollars in court costs for lawsuits that did not exist, and that the extra money homeowners unnecessarily paid to save their home from foreclosure was never refunded to them.
