Chapter 9 - My Parents Tried to Stop the Eviction
Sarah Whitcomb expected it.
“They will lawyer up.”
They did.
Mom hired an attorney who filed a civil petition claiming the six-year-old sale was intended only as “temporary title transfer to protect the property from business creditors.”
If true, that could create constructive trust arguments.
It was not true.
The closing file contained:
Independent appraisal.
Purchase contract.
Seller disclosure.
Settlement statement.
Title policy.
Deed.
Letter from my parents’ attorney explaining permanent transfer.
Occupancy agreement.
Tax filings reporting the sale.
Bank records showing parents received sale proceeds.
An email from Dad six years earlier:
Thank you for buying the house and letting us stay. I know it’s yours now, even if it still feels like ours.
Sarah highlighted that one.
Mom said Dad had been “emotionally pressured.”
Dad’s attorney from closing provided affidavit:
No pressure observed.
Terms explained.
Parents had option to sell to third party.
They chose Paula.
The court did not decide everything overnight.
But Mom requested temporary injunction stopping termination of occupancy.
Judge refused to convert their occupancy into ownership.
However, he emphasized Paula must follow proper notice and eviction procedures.
I already was.
The thirty days continued.
Mom told relatives:
“Paula is throwing us into the street.”
She did not mention the $123,000 they received from sale.
Or six years of free housing.
Or current savings.
Or that Dad still had pension.
They were not destitute.
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They would need to pay market rent somewhere.
That felt like catastrophe only because I had spent years shielding them from it.
