12-25-S, SUPERSEDES 09-09-S AMENDED, 11-17-S and 12-12-S IN RE: MEDIATION – MANDATORY MEDIATION CIRCUIT COURT SEMINOLE COUNTY OWNER-OCCUPIED RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES - ORDERED 07/26/2012 BY ALAN A. DICKEY
EXCERPT: “WHEREAS the Judges in the Seminole County Circuit Civil Divisions are routinely advised by owner-occupant litigants that it is difficult, if not outright impossible, to negotiate settlements due to the inability to communicate with appropriate representatives of the lender or the lender’s attorneys after the complaint for foreclosure has been filed. In many of these cases, the first opportunity the owner/occupant litigants have to discuss the issues and attempt to resolve their differences is at a hearing on the lender’s motion for summary judgment, at trial or later at the foreclosure sale. By that time in most cases, all judicial labor has been expended and the costs and attorney’s fees have increased significantly. The failure of the parties to communicate in a timely fashion result in unnecessary waste of resources by the court, the court staff, and the clerk’s office and could be obviated by pre-judgment mediation; and, (Open AO for more information.)”
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