Answer and Counterclaims as to Reverse Mortgage (Reverse Mortgage Funding v. Miles)
This is a 2019 defense to a foreclosure action on a reverse mortgage and counterclaims by a class of consumers against the reverse mortgage lender, filed by Mehri & Skalet and Legal Counsel for the Elderly in Superior Court for the District of Columbia. The reverse mortgage lender ignored the provision set out in the deed of trust and federal law that non-borrowing spouses are entitled to a deferral of due and payable status when the borrower spouse dies, as long as they continue living in their homes. Claims involve breach of contract, bad faith, unclean hands,