Family returns home from funeral to find stranger has moved into their house

[PapaG]

A family Ohio were in for a nasty surprised after they returned from a visit out-of-town visit to a dying relative to find someone else had moved into their house.

Their outrage has now turned into a court battle, pitting them against a man who says he has the court documents to prove the house is now his.

Robert Carr moved into the home that had been occupied for 21 years, changed the locks and emptied the house.

When the family confronted Carr, he showed them a document he filed with the the County Court.

It's called a 'quiet title' and lays claim to the property because Carr says the family abandoned the house and gave up all their rights.

The family members have said they are too afraid to be identified.
'What he's looking for is full title and ownership of the home,' the family's attorney, Alison Warner, said.

Carr expects to pay nothing to keep the home.

'He's in their home. They don't know when he's there. He can be there now,' Warner said.

WLWT has uncovered 11 other instances where Carr has filed the same paperwork. Seven of the cases were filed on the same day.

'When you abandon a property and don't want anything to do with it, somebody can come in and take it,'' Carr WLWT.

'I have a team of people who go out and I say make sure the house is empty. If it's empty, change the locks,' Carr said. 'Anybody can do it.'

The family from Springfield who don't want to be identified say they feel violated.
'I'm very scared, you know, because I never know if somebody's going to be here,' the homeowner said.

Their attorney told Johnson the legal fight is adding to a painful year for the family.

Carr has been charged with breaking and entering in one case of disputed ownership but he is even fighting that charge.

Quiet title actions are used to determine who legally holds the title to property, because real estate may sometimes change hands frequently, and the lawsuits can help remove clouds over claims of ownership.

The suits are also used by so-called sovereign citizens, who believe they alone get to decide which laws to obey – particularly tax and property laws — based on what they determine to be the founding fathers’ intent.

The antigovernment movement has grown in recent years and is rooted in the anti-Semitic, anti-black and anti-tax Posse Comitatus movement of the 1970s and 1980s.

Most recent recruits to the sovereign citizens movement found themselves in desperate situations, often due to the economy or foreclosure, and are drawn to the idea of easy money or living free of legal consequences.

Sovereign citizens are becoming well-known by the courts for filing astronomical liens against banks, attorneys and government employees.

While these are usually unsuccessful, they can be expensive to fight and take a long time to resolve.

The FBI has been informed about the case but won't comment on the specifics.
'They'll come together as groups to receive training, how to conduct some of these schemes from a financial standpoint, to understand what they consider the common law and how they can use that common law for their sovereign purposes,'

The family in Springdale called the court fight a nightmare.

'It's really been hard,' the homeowner said.

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[PapaG]

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[magnifier661]

Wtf?!?! I swear to God I would kill someone if they tried doing something like that

 

[magnifier661]

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Wow what a fucking douchey scumbag

 

[PapaG]

Wow what a fucking douchey scumbag

I think he's sociopathic, along with being perhaps the worst human being imaginable.

Isn't what he does basically 'breaking and entering', and then burglary when he removes items from the house? What with the police in Ohio?

 

[magnifier661]

I have a friend that lived in Ohio and said this has been happening for quite some time. Apparently the banks and these groups are partnered to force people that aren't paying to file a lot of paper work to fight the case. Eventually most just give up and allow the people to take over, giving the banks total control of the house without going through the court systems.

There are seminars that coach these people on how to accomplish the silent deed.

 

[julius]

That is some crazy shit. I could understand if someone legitimately abandoned their house but these people were visiting someone.