Legal Resources: Property Disputes

Easement Solution Resolves Complex Adverse Possession Dispute

Resolving a Complex Property Dispute Through Negotiation Property disputes often present parties with a difficult choice: engage in costly litigation or find a practical path forward. Recently, Goldman & Pease, LLC helped guide a client to a successful resolution of a contentious adverse possession claim through the negotiation of a carefully tailored easement agreement. Developing a Practical Easement Solution The matter involved a long-standing use of a portion of neighboring property that had given rise to competing claims regarding ownership and

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Adverse Possession in MA

Adverse Possession and Property Line Disputes in Massachusetts

Property line disputes are a common source of conflict between neighbors in Massachusetts, particularly when fences, driveways, sheds, or landscaping encroach across boundary lines. One legal doctrine that often arises in these disputes is adverse possession, which can result in a transfer of ownership without a traditional sale or deed. What Is Adverse Possession? Under Massachusetts law, a person may acquire legal title to another’s property through adverse possession if they can prove actual, open, notorious, exclusive, and adverse use of

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Easement Solution Resolves Complex Adverse Possession Dispute

Resolving a Complex Property Dispute Through Negotiation Property disputes often present parties with a difficult choice: engage in costly litigation or find a practical path forward. Recently, Goldman & Pease, LLC helped guide a client to a successful resolution of a contentious adverse possession claim through the negotiation of a carefully tailored easement agreement. Developing a Practical Easement Solution The matter involved a long-standing use of a portion of neighboring property that had given rise to competing claims regarding ownership and

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Adverse Possession in MA

Adverse Possession and Property Line Disputes in Massachusetts

Property line disputes are a common source of conflict between neighbors in Massachusetts, particularly when fences, driveways, sheds, or landscaping encroach across boundary lines. One legal doctrine that often arises in these disputes is adverse possession, which can result in a transfer of ownership without a traditional sale or deed. What Is Adverse Possession? Under Massachusetts law, a person may acquire legal title to another’s property through adverse possession if they can prove actual, open, notorious, exclusive, and adverse use of

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