An attorney who works to save the homes for of central Florida families on the brink of foreclosure has been suspended from practicing law for 45 days by the Florida Bar.
Kelly Bosecker was suspended after bar received complaints by two banks and two judges, who called her lawsuits "frivolous."
Bosecker saidsays she has won about 20 cases the last five years on behalf of homeowners, but she claims that the courts frequently shut her down in her efforts to secure quiet titles for her clients.
“A number of courts dismissed the quiet title cases I filed for my clients, saying they weren’t valid claims, so it’s the (Florida) Bar’s position that I should have stopped filing the lawsuits," she said.
2015 Florida Statues on Quieting title
“I don't deserve to be suspended," Bosecker said. "But it is what it is.”
WKMG-TV has followed the quiet title cases in central Florida and found the road to a free home to be long, tedious and rarely successful.
The courts have ruled in favor of awarding quiet titles in only a handful of Bosecker’s cases.
Calderon Letter to the Bar on behalf of Kelly Bosecker
She said she will begin her suspension around May 23 and begin to practice law again after July 12.
Peter and Yolanda Horn were in Seminole County’s 18th District Court on Thursday, fighting to get an extension on a bank ordered eviction from the Apopka home in which they have lived since August 1999.
Kelly Bosecker negotiated a 60-day reprieve along with $3,500.
The victory was bittersweet, but allows the Horns' grandchildren to complete the school year in the same district.
Peter Horn said Bosecker is a champion for families who have no hope.
“It’s not frivolous,” he said. “She’s fighting for people like us to stay in their homes.”
”The banks don’t follow the applicable laws," Bosecker said. "I don’t support people who try to get a free house. That’s not what I stand for.”
She said she stands for a system that holds the banks accountable and said she will continue working to try to find a way to save central Florida families from foreclosure.
“All we’re asking is for the courts to enforce the laws against the banks, just like they do against the borrowers," she said.
Boseker says you can challenge your banks to produce the original documentation with your signature.
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