hmmm.... how did a judgement against her, which would probably create a lien on the property (the lien holder would get paid when the joint gets sold) become a forclosure-like sale?
and why did the house only bring 1.5K?
something isn’t well explained here.
Maybe she signed something at the dentist’s office that she really should not have. Or maybe Utah has some odd laws that blur the line between secured and unsecured debt.
Usually when a house is seized for unpaid debts or unpaid property taxes, it is sold only to satisfy that debt with interest and court costs included. The highest bidder gets the property and a lot of times it is picked up for well below what the property is worth.