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THE ESTATE WAS A NECESSARY PARTY IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION; SUPREME COURT SHOULD HAVE ORDERED THE JOINDER OF THE ESTATE INSTEAD OF DISMISSING THE COMPLAINT (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined Supreme Court properly held that the estate was a necessary party in this foreclosure action, but failing the include the estate did no warrant dismissal of the complaint. Rather, the court should directed that the estate be joined as a party:

Supreme Court did not err in finding that the estate was a necessary defendant. “Pursuant to RPAPL 1311(1), ‘necessary defendants’ in a mortgage foreclosure action include, among others, ‘[e]very person having an estate or interest in possession, or otherwise, in the property as tenant in fee, for life, by the courtesy, or for years, and every person entitled to the reversion, remainder, or inheritance of the real property, or of any interest therein or undivided share thereof, after the determination of a particular estate therein'” … . Particularly where, as here, the plaintiff seeks a deficiency judgment, and alleges a default in payment subsequent to the death of the deceased mortgagor, the estate of the mortgagor is a necessary party to the foreclosure action … . However, dismissal of the complaint was not the proper remedy; rather, the proper remedy was to direct the joinder of the estate as a defendant (see CPLR 1001[b] …). BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. v Williams, 2021 NY Slip Op 02780, Second Dept 5-5-21

 

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