H & H Investments v. Green Tree Servicing, LLC

The circuit court of McDonough County entered an order directing issuance of a tax deed to petitioner H&H Investments. Two months later, respondent Green Tree Financial Servicing Corporation (Green Tree), f/k/a Conseco Finance Servicing Corporation (Conseco), filed a petition to vacate the deed, alleging that it did not have notice of the petition. The trial court granted Green Tree’s petition, concluding that H&H Investments failed to fulfill the notice requirements of the Property Tax Code (35 ILCS 200/22—5 et seq. (West 2002)). We affirm.

In 1998, Roger and Judy Wilson purchased real estate…