Marriage of Barlow CA2/7
In 2000 Vernita acquired title to a house on Sylvan Street in Van Nuys, California. Vernita did not live in the house, nor did she pay any of the purchase price for the home or make payments on the home loan secured by a deed of trust on the property. Vernita had allowed the property to be taken in her name—and had presumably signed a promissory note and deed of trust encumbering the property to obtain a home loan—on behalf of her friend who had poor credit and could not qualify for a home loan herself. The friend lived in the house and initially made the payments on the home loan.
By the time Vernita and Anthony began dating, Vernita’s friend had ceased making payments on the home loan, and the lender had initiated foreclosure proceedings. Although the house had fallen into disrepair, Anthony told Vernita he could renovate it and they could live in it. Vernita agreed and borrowed money from her father to avoid foreclosure.
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