The Florida Supreme Court recently amended several of the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure relating to mortgage foreclosures. The amended and new rules and forms are in response to recent legislation regarding mortgage foreclosure actions. Be sure to read the amended and new rules and forms in their entirety, but here are a few highlights:…
The Florida Bar sent out an email today clarifying that service by e-mail will not become MANDATORY until September 1, 2012, in civil, probate, small claims, and family law divisions of the trial courts, as well as in all appellate cases. E-mail service in criminal, traffic, and juvenile matters is not mandatory until October 1,…
Earlier today, the Florida Supreme Court released Opinion No. SC10-2101. All Florida lawyers need to read this opinion ASAP since it makes MAJOR changes to the Florida Rules of Judicial Administration, with conforming amendments to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, the Florida Probate Rules, the Florida Rules of…
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…
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…