[CA] Can a forged signature and a mismatched description support a quiet title claim after wrongful foreclosure?

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Yes, quiet title actions often address disputes like forged signatures, invalid loan documents, and wrongful foreclosure, so the claims you added after the foreclosure fit the type of issues courts review in that type of case. Your document examiner's report, the mobile home title history, and proof the property did not match the loan description are all facts that can support arguments that the loan and foreclosure were invalid.

The gate lockout before the foreclosure date and the delayed recording of the trustee's deed may also matter because they relate to how the foreclosure process was handled. Since you already amended the quiet title complaint and served the parties, the case now moves through the court process where the defendants must respond and the court reviews the competing claims to title. (CA Civ Code §§ 761.020, 761.030, 764.010)

Keep organizing every record you have, including the examiner's report, mobile home registration history, and foreclosure notices, because a well organized timeline of those documents helps you present the sequence of events more effectively as the case progresses.

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I understand that dealing with quiet title cases can be quite complex. Can you please share the specific issues you are facing with your quiet title case?

My family property had a reverse mortgage issued to it by [business name redacted] in 2020. The property is ineligible for that type of loan because the mobile home on it dates to 1973 and has no permanent foundation. I've also got a document examiner's report conclusively stating that my father's signature was forged. The trustee of the trust ignored this. The loan was issued in 2020, and I did not have knowledge of it until after my stepmother passed away in October 2023. I filed a petition in probate court against the trustee for not addressing the reverse mortgage and for colluding with the reverse mortgage company to sell the property to pay the debt on a void loan. Probate took too long, so I had to file a quiet title action as beneficiary after the wrongful foreclosure by [business name redacted]. In January 2025, I sent all the documentation from public records that I had, as well as the document examiner's report and other severe defects with the originating loan, to the foreclosure attorney for [business name redacted] as well as the foreclosure trustee, and they essentially ignored it for a year and foreclosed officially on January 21st. They are now marketing the property with the mobile home as a feature and part of the value of the property, even though it is personal property still in the name of the deceased and was never even in the trust. They also locked the gates on January 8th but did not foreclose until January 21st, and the trustee's deed of sale was not recorded until February 9th. Also, the deed states that it is an accommodation only, because obviously they can't clear title to properly put it in their name. The reverse mortgage was issued for a property described as a single family residence with a stick built home; however, there is extensive proof that it is actually a 1973 mobile home with no 433A or permanent foundation, and it has been registered as such for the last 30 years, titled to the deceased.

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Have you already filed a lawsuit, or are you in the process of preparing to file one?

I filed the quiet title action just before the foreclosure, and then they foreclosed, so I amended the quiet title and served everybody. Now the quiet title also addresses the wrongful foreclosure.

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