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December 23, 2005

Judge allows 81-year-old Providence woman to return home

PROVIDENCE - A Superior Court judge has issued a temporary order that will enable an 81-year-old Providence woman to return to the home she lost because of liens and unpaid bills.

Judge Daniel A. Procaccini issued the preliminary injunction this morning, saying that Madeline Walker can return to 122 Chester Ave. and that the home can't be sold again before a Jan. 12 hearing.

Walker was evicted from her home of 53 years earlier this month, after she lost it due to a series of events that started with an unpaid sewer bill.

Joseph J. Rodio, a Providence lawyer acting on Walker's behalf at the request of Governor Carcieri, filed a lawsuit yesterday, requesting the injunction and asking the court to void the sales of her home. Rodio argues that Walker wasn't mentally competent to understand the legal proceedings resulting in the loss of her home.

He filed the suit after one of the three parties involved in three successive sales of the house wouldn't agree to give it back.

For more background, read today's Journal story.
- Journal staff writer Mark Arsenault

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