CitiMortgage, Inc. a successor by merger to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc. v. Sandra Lee Akers, William Lee Akers

OPINION

JOHNSON, Judge.

William Lee Akers forged the signature of his then-wife, Sandra Lee Akers, on a power-of-attorney document. He used the power-of-attorney document as the purported basis for executing, on Sandra’s behalf, without her knowledge, a mortgage on their marital homestead. The mortgage later was acquired by CitiMortgage, which commenced this action for a declaration that the mortgage is enforceable and valid, which prompted Sandra to assert a counterclaim for a declaration that the mortgage is void. The district court declared the mortgage void and entered judgment in Sandra’s…