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enter a Satisfaction of Judgment in the condemnation action. A
warranty deed conveying petitioner’s property to the State was
recorded on November 17, 1992.
In December of 1992, petitioner’s husband provided
relocation agent Sonnenschein with a floor plan of the North
Cliff property which indicated that a portion greater than 1,500
square feet was being utilized as living space. Sonnenschein
then revisited the property and prepared a revised relocation
assistance offer using residences comparable to a home of
approximately 2,800 square feet. The amended offer reflected
that the cost of a comparable replacement would be $99,900 and
that, after subtraction of the $65,000 paid for the displacement
property, the Replacement Housing Payment/Supplement would be
$34,900.
Subsequently, in May of 1993, petitioner filed a
counterclaim with the trial court seeking additional funds and
asserting, among other things, that the State had failed to
comply with the provisions of Federal law governing the
Relocation Assistance Program. The matter was eventually
resolved in August of 1996 by a Stipulation for Settlement and
Dismissal of All Causes of Action Pending. The parties
stipulated that “Relocation assistance payment is agreed to be
$100,000.00 in addition to the $65,000.00 previously paid for
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