Reply by Kevin/Ct on 12/17/13 2:58pm Msg #496390
Hi Belinda.
I was not accused of fraud. In that post I was responding to a post by a notary who was accused of this problem. I stated that I had arbitrated a case similar to the one she was involved in. I simply responded that in Connecticut a person who signs a document is obligated to read what he/she signs, or knowledge of the contents of the document is imputed to the signer.
I saw a judge in a foreclosure case make the same ruling from the bench. The signer lost her case because she defended that she did not understand the documents she signed. The judge ruled that she had an obligation to take it to someone (preferably a lawyer ) who could have explained it to her before she signed.
In so far as the arbitration in which I was involved, I won my case.
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