Novastar Mortgage, Inc. v. Bucknor

DAVIS, Judge.

Novastar Mortgage, Inc., challenges the trial court’s order granting Shedrick Ar-bonnetta Bucknor’s motion to set aside and vacate the final judgment of foreclosure and to void the foreclosure sale, the certificate of sale, and the certificate of title. Because the trial court granted Bucknor’s motion without first conducting an eviden-tiary hearing, we reverse.

Novastar moved to foreclose the note and mortgage it held for Bucknor’s property, which had been damaged by a sinkhole. As the foreclosure was proceeding, Bucknor was also in negotiations with her insurance company to…