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Without a court ordered judgment on his behalf, or a pending lawsuit asserting you owe money (lis pendens), I don't understand how a relative or anyone could place a lien against your home. Judgment liens generally accrue interest. I would go to the recorder of deeds office and obtain a certified copy of the recorded lien document, and consult with an attorney if the lien document is fraudulent.If you borrowed money, you should repay it, keeping receipts of your payments, and request that the lien be removed when you've paid what you owe. I believe there are usually strict time frames for recording release of lien forms when liens are satisfied. I am not an attorney and this is not legal advice.

You don’t lose a home in bankruptcy. In fact — in bankruptcy, people may be able to protect their homestead from foreclosure.You are combining foreclosure and bankruptcy — they frequently happen at the same time, but they are not the same thing.Normally, when a bank starts foreclosure, they file a “Lis Pendens” with the court (litigation pending), which blocks any transfer of title, until it is removed. If the lender did not file a lis pendens, then shame on them.Whether they did or did not, she still should not have been able to transfer title without paying off the lien on the home. An even if she tried, the title company that insured your title (you did buy title insurance, I hope), would not issue the policy unless the lien was paid off and there were no other encumbrances.I suspect that you may have thought you purchased a home, but may not have. A normal real estate closing will have closing statements prepared by a title company and a title policy will be issued. You’ll sign a whole stack of documents and disclosures, and the lien release, deed, etc. will all be recorded with the county.If you just handed over a check and someone handed you a piece of paper that looked like a deed, you probably got swindled. On the other hand, if you closed with a title company and all the docs were in order and recorded properly, then it’s possible that the lender made an error and somehow had their lien released when they didn’t expect it.If the lender is truly in error, you will likely still need a lawyer, as nothing prevents them from filing litigation. It will cost you a lot of money. You’ll want someone aggressive that can quickly persuade the lender they should correct their files and drop the action.Bottom line — get to your title company and hire a lawyer with litigation experience.

Something seems not quite right about your term “open-extension lis pendens”. Lis pendens are a legal notice that the property is subject to an active litigation and if the litigation is not being diligently pursued the lis pendens will expire.So are you in active litigation with your brother-in-law? If not is the lawsuit over? If there is no (or never was a) lawsuit, why was a lis pendens filed? How under local law is it an “open-extension” I strongly suggest you contact a local attorney do deal with it.Now if your brother-in-law filed something (I assume a lien or claim of interest) against the title to the house simply because he is on the loan, I assume you will pay off the loan when you sell. Once you pay off the loan your brother-in-law should freely release his lien.