The family in Sunnmøre had lived in the house for over 20 years, when one morning they appeared and explained that they were moving in. Without the wife in the house knowing anything, the man had signed the paperwork approving the forced sale. Shortly after, the new family moved in. – It was absolutely awful. It’s as if it’s coming to my home, I can not drive past the house, says the former wife. news knows the identity of the woman, but has chosen to anonymise her out of consideration for the family and the new owners. Admitted forgery The morning the new owners showed up, the man put all the cards on the table. He also wrote a statement to Møre og Romsdal District Court in which he explained that he had forged his wife’s signature, and that she did not know anything. But then there was no going back. At the district court, the mother of three was informed that the appeal deadline had expired, and that the house had been legally sold to new owners. The Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court concluded the same. The man does not want to comment on the case to news, but confirms the presentation of the former wife. In retrospect, the couple has remained with them, but during the trial in Møre og Romsdal District Court recently, he again admitted to having forged her signature. He is now sentenced to 120 days in prison and to pay a fine of 60,000 kroner. The former wife has fought in three court rounds to get the coercive court declared invalid, but has not reached it. Photo: Øyvind Sandnes / assembly / news Waiting for money for a safer system news has previously mentioned the sensational story about the house in Sunnmøre. At that time, district leader Are Opdahl in the Homeowners’ National Association called for automatic, digital notifications, electronic identification and signing. This would make it impossible to remove letters or forge signatures. Judge Kirsti Høegh Bjørneset informs news that the courts now in June opened for digital communication with lawyers and co-judges also in compulsory cases. But for example, no private parties are connected to the solution, and the reason must be finances. – Development of new, secure solutions requires greater financial resources than the budget our elected politicians in the Storting have our willingness to allocate to our courts, she writes in an email to news. District leader Are Opdahl in the Homeowners’ National Association believes that the judiciary should also use digital systems that would make it unwise to, for example, forge a signature. Fighting for the house It has been over a year since the family in Sunnmøre had to move from the house. For a long time, the moving load remained untouched in the new home of the stepmother. She maintains that the court should lift the coercive sentence, and does not give up the fight. – I keep on fighting to get through what I think is right, she says. The judgment from Møre og Romsdal District Court is, for example, not final.
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Man convicted of selling the house behind his wife’s back – news Møre og Romsdal – Local news, TV and radio
