Clients often ask, “What the heck is a lis pendens and why do we have to do it?”

Lis pendens is a Latin term meaning “litigation pending.” It’s a notice filed on land records in a town where a party has an interest in real estate, after any type of lawsuit, including a divorce action, is served. The purpose of a lis pendens is to put the world on notice that an interest in a property may be subject to distribution by the court. It’s a form of attachment of real property.  Continue reading →