Florida High Court Issues Administrative Order Creating Task Force On Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Cases

The Florida Bar News reports:

• The [Florida] Supreme Court has created a Task Force on Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Cases to recommend policies, procedures, strategies, and methods for easing the backlog of pending foreclosure cases while protecting the rights of parties. Chief Justice Peggy Quince, in a March 9 administrative order, said the residential mortgage foreclosure crisis is of statewide proportions and should, to the extent possible, be addressed on a statewide basis with uniform rules, policies, and procedures to manage cases, protect the rights of homeowners and lenders, and to ease the burden on the courts. The chief justice asked the task force to submit an interim report and recommendations no later than May 8 and a final report no later than August 15.

For more, see Supreme Court creates task force to study foreclosures.

Go here for the Florida Supreme Court's administrative order.