Here is a similar case in Colorado in which the squatters hired a lawyer. The owners had gotten behind in their mortgage payments and had to move away for eight months to get work. When they came back, squatters had occupied their house. The squatters filed for bankruptcy themselves and that action froze any attempts at moving them out, Meanwhile, the owners are living in a basement elsewhere while the squatters are enjoying the use of their home.

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