184 Md. App. 1 - Allen v. Dackman’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “Monica Allen was born on September 8, 1996, and Shantese Thomas was born on January 23,1998. Sometime in 1999, [Petitioners] moved into the property in question, where the children’s grandmother, Tracy Allen (“Ms. Allen”), had been residing since the summer of 1998. According to Ms. Allen, before she moved into the property, she entered into a lease with Mildred Thompkins, the owner of record at that time. Ms. Thompkins was still the owner of record when [Petitioners] moved into the property in 1999. Ms. Thompkins later failed to pay taxes on the property and on March 16, 2000, Hard Assets acquired the property from Ms. Thompkins in lieu of the foreclosure. [Respondent] was one of two members of Hard Assets. Over the course of [Respondent’s] 15 years in purchasing tax liens, it was his practice to sell the properties he acquired “as is,” rather than keeping them as rental properties. Therefore, when Hard Assets obtained title, it did not intend to lease the property, nor were its members aware that [Petitioners] or Ms. Allen were living at the property. Once Hard Assets became aware that [Petitioners] and Ms. Allen were residing at the property, Hard Assets advised them that they were not supposed to be there. Hard Assets informed [Petitioners] and Ms. Allen that they had 30 days to vacate the premises. After 30 days, [Petitioners] and Ms. Allen had not vacated the property. On June 27, 2000, Hard Assets filed a forcible entry and wrongful detainer complaint against Ms. Allen”

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