Maintenance Opens Claim

By Christopher Combs | May 18, 2014

  Question: We have lived in our Paradise Valley home for more than 15 years.  There are large oleanders on the boundary line between our home and our neighbor’s.  We could not build a garage (only a carport), because the oleanders are 13 feet away, and Paradise Valley requires a 20-foot setback from the property…

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Write a Letter To Stop Adverse Possession

By Christopher Combs | June 22, 2013

Letter to Stop Adverse Possession     Question: When we purchased our lot in Fountain Hills six years ago, we knew that the rear portion of our lot was subject to a 10-foot city sewer easement. Therefore, when we built a block wall on the rear portion of our lot, we decided not to enclose this…

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