Yesterday’s Palm Beach Post ran an informative article about the Palm Beach County Clerk’s Office redacting personal information from cases available to public. The article explained that certain imaged documents from the court file can now be viewed at terminals at the South County and North County Courthouses. The most interesting part of the article…
Florida’s residential mortgage foreclosure managed mediation (RMFM) program is dead. Administrative Order No. AOSC11-44, signed yesterday by Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles Canady, terminates the statewide mediation program. The Court has reviewed the reports on the program and determined it cannot justify continuation of the program. Accordingly, upon issuance of this administrative order, the statewide…
Our federal government is once again going to make real estate transactions “easier” for consumers to understand. For almost two years, real estate practitioners have been struggling with the new Good Faith Estimate (GFE) and HUD-1 Settlement Statements on all RESPA transactions. The intent behind these revised forms was to make things “easier” for the…
In an earlier blog, I wrote about the Florida Supreme Court’s appointment of a “Statewide Managed Mediation Program Assessment Workgroup” to examine the statewide residential foreclosure managed mediation program data. The Workgroup recently submitted its report to the Supreme Court. You can obtain a copy of the report here. The report is worth reading in its…
Do mandatory mediations work in Florida foreclosure cases? That’s the question being asked by the Florida Supreme Court. The Court is seeking your input, but you only have until October 3rd to send in your comments. Earlier this week, the Florida Supreme Court released Administrative Order SC11-33. In its Administrative Order, the Florida Supreme Court noted that…
In addition to representing plaintiffs and defendants in foreclosure cases, I am regularly appointed by our local court to serve as a Guardian Ad Litem, Attorney Ad Litem, or Administrator Ad Litem in foreclosure cases. A recent frustrating experience with a “foreclosure mill” in one of those cases prompted me to write about this issue….
South Floridians are acutely aware of the foreclosure meltdown. We’ve all had family, neighbors, or friends who have been affected. We’re not alone though. Many parts of our country are still reeling from the foreclosure crisis, and we’re not even close to seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Foreclosure cases continue to…
Butler & Primeau LLP sends our congratulations to our own John C. Primeau for being installed as the 2011-2012 President of the South Broward Bar Association (SBBA). John has been active with the SBBA since its establishment in January 2008 and previously served as Director (2008-09), Treasurer (2009-10), and President-Elect (2010-11).