Because she has moved out this may or may not be the case in your situation. 

Suppose if you're caught in a few other things like people involved in the Trump campaign, they can get after you.In our case, in our purchase, my wife had a $100K account with her mom that she manages, plus we got ourselves a $120K HELOC which we haven't used yet.

Many lawyers will give you a free consultation, however, it doesn't sound like you would have a case, in my opinion.

Case in point true story : went to look at a house owner said "I just closed on a note expensive property and just want to sell this one.

Here in NJ (and I'm assuming it's the case in virtually every tax lien state), older tax liens have LESS priority than newly created (and sold) tax liens (Unlike mortgages where the reverse is often true).

May be the case in your area.

I wonder if that is the case in all of their markets??

That is not the case in other states, such as Ohio, where you can transfer to your LLC or personal name and only have to pay a recording fee of around $50

My realtor however says he has never had a case in which this happened before, and he has been in the business a long time.

But that’s the case in most spots these days