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10 verbatim requirements from Fourth Circuit administrative order 2010-01.
Fourth Judicial Circuit (Duval). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from Fourth Circuit administrative order 2010-01 as published by the Duval County Clerk, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the judiciary, the parties involved, the mediators, the Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation (RMFM) Program Manager, and the citizens of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, to establish some reasonable time lines within which the Borrowers must respond to the Program Manager in order to report any intentions of proceeding with the mediation process; • WHEREAS, it has also become necessary to establish accountability for the Borrowers’ failure to timely file the "Borrowers’ Request to Participate in the RMFM Program," therefore delaying the program schedule so that it is unable to complete credit counseling and the exchange of financial documents with the Plaintiffs as required in order to schedule mediation within 120 days of the date the case is filed; • That upon filing a new case, plaintiffs in the Fourth Judicial Circuit shall send a completed Form “A” as revised, amended and attached hereto, and a check in the amount of $400.00 to the Jacksonville Bar Association (hereinafter, the “Program Manager”); • Form A from the Plaintiffs, the Program Manager shall make a diligent, good faith attempt to contact the Borrower and will mail a Packet, including a letter explaining the Residential • Borrower shall have twenty-five (25) calendar days, excluding holidays (unless good cause is shown to the Court), within which to submit a response in writing to the Program Manager; -- 1 of 5 -- • Borrower’s Request to Participate form to the Program Manager, then Mediation must be scheduled within the original one-hundred and twenty (120) days from the date the Program Manager received the completed Form A and the check from the • Program fonn to the Program Manager, fails to respond timely, or ignores the matter, the Program Manager shall file with the Court the Notice of Borrower • Nonparticipation with RMFM Program no later than 60 days after the receipt of the completed Fonn A and check from the Plaintiffs. • That this First Amended Administrative Order shall be recorded by the Clerk of the • Court, in the Official Records of Duval County, in the State of Florida, and shall take effect immediately and remain in full force and effect unless and until otherwise ordered by the Court.
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the judiciary, the parties involved, the mediators, the Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation (RMFM) Program Manager, and the citizens of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, to establish some reasonable time lines within which the Borrowers must respond to the Program Manager in order to report any intentions of proceeding with the mediation process;
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Judge Bell caps motions and responses at 5 pages for UMC hearings and 12 pages for special-set hearings.
Judge Alijewicz requires every motion for attorney's fees and/or costs to attach a document detailing time records — no records, no fee award.
Judge Corlew bars informal contact: every communication with the Court must be in writing, filed with the Clerk, with copies furnished to all parties — and no calls to the JA to schedule or cancel UMC.