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Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Ind. Courts - Still more on: A bizarre story this afternoon involving the wife of a Marion Superior Court judge

Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Jon Murray reports today in the Indianapolis Star:

Kristina H. Nelson, 43, who is the wife of Judge William Nelson, is accused of forging the signature of another judge -- her sister-in-law, Judge Sheila A. Carlisle -- in a bid to stop the foreclosure of the Nelsons' home.
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But which Nelson home became a matter of dispute Tuesday.

James Voyles, the attorney for Kristina Nelson, said that court documents identified the wrong home owned by the couple.

The affidavit filed in court Monday and a police report both listed an address for the couple's home in Marion County's Geist area. The Indianapolis Star published a photo of that house on the front page Tuesday.

But Voyles said the matter actually concerns the couple's vacation cabin near Rockville, Ind.

The cabin wasn't mentioned in the police documents, but Voyles said it is the only house owned by the Nelsons with a mortgage from EverHome Mortgage Co., the lender identified by police.

A foreclosure was initiated on the Geist home last year by Charter One Mortgage, according to Marion Circuit Court records. But Voyles said the couple no longer is in danger of losing that house.

"The notice that EverHome sent to her was for the other house," Voyles said, referring to the cabin.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on July 1, 2009 12:34 PM
Posted to Indiana Courts