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20 verbatim requirements on judge preferences.
Third Judicial Circuit — 2010-003 only. Practices change without notice; the court's own published text controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
• "Borrower's Financial Disclosure for Mediation" means those documents described in Exhibit 5 attached as page A-29 to the Supreme Court of Florida's Administrative Order No. AOSC09-54 on Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Cases, entered on December 28, 2009 (hereinafter Order No. AOSC09-54). • "Form A" means the certifications required herein in the format of Exhibit 1 which can be found on the Program Manager's website at www.suwanneemediation.org . • "The Program Manager" means Suwannee Valley Foreclosure Mediation, Inc., qualified in accordance with parameters attached as Exhibit 13 attached as page A-68 to Order No. AOSC09-54. • A party requesting that the case be sent to mediation with the RMFM Program at the discretion of the presiding judge shall make the request in format of Exhibit 3 attached as page A-25 to Order No. AOSC09-54. • Mediators used in the RMFM Program shall be trained in accordance with the standards stated in Exhibit 12, attached as page A-59 to Order No. AOSC09-54. • After the effective date of this Administrative Order, in all actions to foreclose a mortgage on residential property the clerk of court shall attach to the summons to be served on each defendant a notice regarding managed mediation for homestead residences in the format of Exhibit 2, attached as page A-23 to Order No. AOSC09-54. • The borrower must deliver a written request for such information to Suwannee Valley Foreclosure Mediation, Inc. (the Program Manager) in the format of Exhibit 6 attached as page A-43 to Order No. AOSC09-54 no later than 25 days prior to the mediation session. • If the borrower does not want to participate in the RMFM Program, or if the borrower fails or refuses to cooperate with the Program Manager, or if the Program Manager is unable to contact the borrower, the Program Manager shall file a notice of nonparticipation in the format of Exhibit 4 attached as page A-27 to Order No. AOSC09-54. • The notice of nonparticipation shall be filed no later than 120 days after the initial copy of Form A is filed with the court. • No earlier than 60 days and no later than 120 days after suit is filed, the Program Manager shall schedule a mediation session. • Mediation shall not be scheduled earlier than 30 days after the Borrower's Financial Disclosure for Mediation has been transmitted to the plaintiff via a secure 6 dedicated e-mail address or uploaded to the web-enabled information platform described in paragraph 8 except by mutual consent of the parties. • However, the plaintiff's representative may appear at mediation through the use of communication equipment, if plaintiff files and serves at least five (5) days prior to the mediation a notice in the format of Exhibit 7 attached as page A-45 to Order No. AOSC09-54 advising that the plaintiff's representative will be attending through the use of communication equipment and designating the person who has full authority to sign any settlement agreement reached. • If the plaintiffs representative attends through the use of communication equipment, and if the mediation results in an impasse, within five (5) days after the mediation session, the plaintiffs representative shall file in the court file a certification in the format of Exhibit 8 attached as page A-47 to Order No. AOSC09-54 as to whether the plaintiffs representative attended mediation. • Pursuant to rule 1.730(b), Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, if a partial or full settlement agreement is reached, the mediator shall report the existence of the signed or transcribed agreement to the court without comment within 10 days after completion of the mediation. • The mediator's report to the court shall be in the format of Exhibit 9 attached as page A-49 to Order No. AOSC09-54. • In cases involving a homestead residence, the presiding judge shall require that copies of either 1) the most recently filed Form A and the report of the mediator, or 2) the most recently filed Form A and the notice of borrower's nonparticipation be sent to the presiding judge by the plaintiff or plaintiff's counsel prior to setting a final hearing or delivered with the packet requesting a summary or default final judgment. • The certification shall be in the form of Exhibit 10 attached as page A-51 to Order No. AOSC09-54. • Payments shall be made as follows: $400.00 paid by plaintiff at the time suit is filed for administrative fees of the RMFM Program, including outreach to the borrower and foreclosure counseling fees; and $350.00 paid by plaintiff within 10 days after notice of the mediation conference is filed for the mediation fee component of the RMFM Program fees If more than one mediation session is needed, the total program fee stated above will also cover a second mediation session. • Example orders are attached as Exhibit 11, page A-53 to Order No. AOSC09-54. • Plaintiff's counsel shall provide written notice of the name, phone number (including extension), email, and mailing address of both liaisons to the chief judge, or the chief judge's designee, and the Program Manager within 30 days after the effective date of this Administrative Order, and on the first Monday of each February thereafter while this Administrative Order is in effect.
"Borrower's Financial Disclosure for Mediation" means those documents described in Exhibit 5 attached as page A-29 to the Supreme Court of Florida's Administrative Order No. AOSC09-54 on Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Cases, entered on December 28, 2009 (hereinafter Order No. AOSC09-54).
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