<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I’d love to know the answer to this as well!<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Sep 2, 2020, at 2:51 PM, Sarah J. Dion <SDion@skellengerbender.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Was just looking into this on a case and as far as I could tell, it is not protected. Love to know if that is wrong though!
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<p class="MsoNormal">Of course, whether a bank has any interest in enforcing such a clause is another question. It might be amenable to transferring the mortgage as long as everyone is solvent.<o:p></o:p></p>
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