Judgment Lien Against Principal Residence Prohibited

By Christopher Combs | July 25, 2021

Question: We are in escrow to sell our Gilbert home. When our daughter went to UCLA four years ago, we guaranteed payment of her credit card. Although our daughter is doing fine now, she dropped out of UCLA and never paid the balance on her credit card. We were sued as the guarantors of her…

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Judgments Won't Scuttle Loan in Arizona

By Christopher Combs | September 7, 2014

  Question: I have lived in my home in Chandler for more than 10 years and have established good credit. There is another individual in Apache Junction with my exact same name (even the same middle initial) who has caused me problems because he has very bad credit, including several judgments by credit-card companies. I…

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Buying Title Insurance is Essential

By Christopher Combs | April 20, 2014

  Question: I recently got married and I want to add my wife to the title to my Sedona home.  I have filled out a quit claim deed (which I purchased at a local stationery store) naming my wife and myself as owners by community property with right of survivorship.  If I record this quit…

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