Homeward Residential, Inc. v. Gregor

[¶ 1] Homeward Residential, Inc., (Homeward) appeals from a judgment entered in the District Court (Belfast, R. Murray, J.) ordering it to pay Marianne A Gregor’s legal fees and costs pursuant to 14 M.R.S. § 6101 (2016) after dismissal of Homeward’s foreclosure action against Gregor without prejudice. Homeward argues that because it did not have standing to bring the foreclosure action, it is not “the mortgagee” within the meaning of section 6101, and the court therefore could not order it to pay Gregor’s attorney fees pursuant to that statute. In the alternative, Homeward argues that the…