12-08 IN RE: FORECLOSURE PROCEDURE - ORDER DIRECTING COUNSEL TO SERVE COPIES OF NOTICES OF HEARING, ORDERS AND JUDGMENTS IN RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE CASES - ORDERED 3/15/2012 BY ALAN A. DICKEY
WHEREAS Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.080(h)(1) authorizes the court to direct the service of orders and judgments under its direction when necessary. The high volume of residential foreclosure cases precludes judicial assistants and case managers from performing other essential functions. Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.215(b)(3) states the chief judge shall “develop an administrative plan for the efficient and proper administration of all courts within the circuit.” NOW THEREFORE in accordance with the authority vested in the chief judge by Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.215, it is ORDERED:
- The attorney submitting an order or judgment for entry in a residential foreclosure case shall be responsible for mailing to all parties a conformed copy of the order or judgment upon entry.
- A judge, case manager or judicial assistant may serve a conformed copy of an order entered sua sponte upon plaintiffs’ counsel by mail, fax or e-mail to be copied and distributed to all other parties in the case.
Done and Ordered this 15th day of March 2012.