A&B Abstract: On April 20, 2020, Massachusetts Governor, Charlie Baker, signed into law HB 4647 (2020 Mass. Acts 65), an emergency measure, effective immediately, providing for mortgage forbearances and a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures during the COVID-19 emergency. This measure also waives the in-person counseling requirement for reverse mortgage loans. This law follows guidance […]
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA)
Changes to the Department of Defense’s SCRA Website Database Could Impact Servicers
A&B ABstract: Servicers should be aware of changes being made to the Department of Defense’s (“DoD”) Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (“SCRA”) website in response to a complaint that the DoD failed to protect the privacy of servicemembers’ personal information. Discussion The SCRA provides certain financial and legal protections to active duty service members. Servicers are […]
North Carolina Enacts Servicemember Protections
A&B Abstract: North Carolina is the latest state to extend the protections of the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (“SCRA”), 50 U.S.C. §§ 3901 et seq., to active duty members of its National Guard. What does the new law require? North Carolina Servicemembers Civil Relief Act On July 25, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper signed […]