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THE FAILURE TO RAISE THE LACK OF STANDING DEFENSE IN A FORECLOSURE ACTION CAN BE REMEDIED BY A MOTION TO AMEND THE ANSWER AND BY RAISING THE DEFENSE IN OPPOSITION TO A MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, in a comprehensive opinion by Justice Miller, explained the relationship between the waiver provisions in  CPLR 3211 (e) and Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law (RPAPL) 1302-a in foreclosure proceedings. The opinion includes a detailed discussion of when defenses are waived by the failure to include them in the answer and when and how such omissions can be remedied by a motion to amend or in a summary judgment motion. The opinion is much too detailed to be summarized here and should be consulted as authoritative on these issues. The narrow issue addressed by the opinion is the effect of failing to raise the defense of a lack of standing in the answer to a foreclosure complaint:

… [W]e now reaffirm that a waiver of the defense of standing pursuant to CPLR 3211(e) should be given the same force and effect as a waiver of the affirmative defenses specifically enumerated in CPLR 3211(a)(3) and (5) … . Accordingly, a waiver of the affirmative defense of standing pursuant to CPLR 3211(e) may be retracted through the amendment of a pleading pursuant to CPLR 3025 … . Case law from this Court should not be read to hold otherwise … . * * *

Where applicable, RPAPL 1302-a places the defense of standing on a footing comparable with the other defenses that are exempt from the waiver provisions of CPLR 3211(e), to wit, those defenses listed in subdivisions CPLR 3211(a)(2), (7), and (10), which may be raised by motion “at any time” … , or by amendment to a pleading, “if one is permitted” (CPLR 3211[e]; see CPL 3025[b]). Even where the defense of standing is omitted from a defendant’s answer in violation of CPLR 3018(b), the defense may be raised for the first time in opposition to a plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment … . GMAC Mtge., LLC v Coombs, 2020 NY Slip Op 07039, Second Dept 11-25-20

 

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