Legal Opinion
Schweitzer v. Westminster Investment Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 13, 2007No. D049589, D049616PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
McDONALD, J.
The Home Equity Sales Contracts Act (Civ. Code, § 1695 et seq.; HESC) 1 was enacted to protect homeowners faced with mortgage foreclosure proceedings from being victimized by persons employing oral and written misrepresentations, intimidation, and other unreasonable commercial practices to induce the homeowners to sell their homes for a fraction of their fair market values and lose the equity in the homes. (Boquilon v. Beckwith (1996) 49 Cal.App.4th 1697, 1709 [57 Cal.Rptr.2d 503].) In 1990, the Legislature amended the HESC to add sections 1695.15 through 1695.17, which (1)…
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