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Residential Mortgage Foreclosures
In December of 2009, the Florida Supreme Court ordered all of Florida's
20 Judicial Circuits to institute programs of mandatory residential
foreclosure mediation. The Supreme Court's Order agrees with the Report
of its Task Force on Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Cases. To read
the Florida Supreme Court’s Order go to http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/pub_info/documents/AOSC09-54_Foreclosures.pdf
For the latest on the Residential Mortgage Foreclosure program in the
19th Judicial Circuit review the following quoted material from the
19th Judicial Circuit’s (Indian River, Martin, St. Lucie and Okeechobee
Counties) Website and for more information, then click on
http://www.circuit19.org/documents/Foreclosure/foreclosure_Index.htm
RMFM Program Forms:
· Form
A
· Borrower's
Financial Disclosure for Mediation
· Certification
of Compliance With Administrative Order 2010-03
· For more information on the Foreclosure Program, please call 877-352-2004
or visit the link below:
· Collins Center
Residential Mortgage Foreclosure
In the 19th Judicial Circuit, commercial mortgage foreclosure cases
and residential lien foreclosure cases, except residential mortgage
foreclosures, are assigned to the circuit civil division in the respective
counties. Residential mortgage foreclosure cases are assigned according
to the Administrative Order establishing judicial assignments for those
particular cases. Since July 1, 2010, this circuit has been utilizing
senior judges, case managers and a senior secretary to assist with managing
residential mortgage foreclosure cases. Additional dockets have been
set in Indian River County, Martin County and St. Lucie County utilizing
senior judges to provide more hearing time to increase the court's ability
to effectively manage the large number of residential mortgage foreclosure
filings. The procedures for setting residential mortgage foreclosure
cases on dockets to be heard by a senior judge in Indian River and St.
Lucie Counties should be strictly followed. Failure to comply with the
procedures may result in your case not being heard. Please see the judge's
individual procedures for cases set before: Judge
Cox in Indian River County, Judge
Metzger in Martin County, and Judge
Schack in Okeechobee County.
Administrative Orders:
· Administrative Order 2010-03
(Model Administrative Order)
· Administrative Order 2010-08
(Foreclosure Final Judgments)
· Administrative Order 2010-09
(Electronic Judicial Sales Procedures)
Procedures:
· New
Residential Foreclosure Procedure for Indian River County, Martin County,
Saint Lucie County
· (Updated 6/9/2011).
Residential Mortgage Foreclosure mediation program (RMFM)
The Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program was piloted in
the 19th Judicial Circuit in March 2009, and has evolved over time into
a program consistent with mandates of the Florida Supreme Court regarding
residential mortgage foreclosure mediation.
Administrative Orders:
· Administrative Order 2010-03
(Model Administrative Order cases filed after March 26, 2010)
· Administrative Order 2009-01
(cases filed between March 13,2009 – November 15, 2009)
· Administrative Order 2009-15
(cases filed between November 16, 2009 – March 26, 2010)
RMFM Program Forms:
· Form
A
· Borrower's
Financial Disclosure for Mediation
· Certification
of Compliance With Administrative Order 2010-03
· For more information on the Foreclosure Program, please call 877-352-2004
or visit the link below:
· Collins Center
For more information on the mediation program being administered by
the Collin’s Center in the 19th Judicial Circuit, go to
https://collinscenter.site-ym.com/page/ForeclosureMediation
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