Prax v. Zalewski

OPINION

CARNEY, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

After the family that owned a Fairbanks parking lot prevented the neighboring property owner from using it, the neighbor, filed an adverse possession claim for the lot in question. The trial court ruled that from 2002 to 2012 the neighbor had perfected an adverse possession claim to the lot and held that, amendments made to the relevant law in 2003 did not apply to the neighbor’s claim because her period of possession began in 2002. The family appeals, arguing that the 2003 statutory changes should have been applied to this case. We agree; therefore we…