After a lengthy property dispute with Holly Township, a couple has received a deed to a 10-acre parcel that was taken from them in 2009.
The Detroit News reports that Timm and Maria Smith left Oakland Circuit Court on Wednesday with the deed for the land foreclosed on eight years ago.
The lot was foreclosed after Timm Smith, a carpenter, broke his back and suffered a stroke, and fell behind in mortgage payments. The township then cited the family for blight and safety ordinance violations.
The Smiths and their two children have been living in an apartment since last year after being evicted in 2012 from their modified trailer in the lot adjacent to their original land.
Maria Smith says the family is "relieved and excited" to return home.
