Mortgage Foreclosure

Programs and Services

Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program (RMFM)

For the first time in the history of Florida courts, the Chief Judges from three Florida judicial circuits (the 1st, 11th and 19th Judicial Circuits) participated in a joint ceremony on February 26, 2010, which was conducted using video conferencing technology. A Florida Supreme Court Justice participated in the ceremony as well. The Chief Judges simultaneously signed administrative orders that implemented managed mediation for all owner occupied residential foreclosure cases filed in their circuits.

The three administrative orders were based upon the Florida Supreme Court Model Administrative Order (MAO), which promotes managed mediation for all trial courts statewide, and promotes consistency in the handling of owner occupied residential foreclosure cases statewide.

Foreclosure and Economic Recovery Program

The Foreclosure and Economic Recovery Program will end on June 30, 2011. Effective July 1, 2011 all cases will revert back to the originally assigned division. To determine the division to which your case is assigned, please contact the Clerk of Court in the county in which the case was filed.

Click here to view Administrative Order No. 2011-27, Order Abolishing Divisions "W," entered by Chief Judge Terry D. Terrell June 14, 2011.

Links

Supreme Court Task Force on Residential Mortgage Foreclosures Cases
http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/pub_info/foreclosure.shtml

Clerk of Court for each county in First Circuit
Escambia County: http://www.escambiaclerk.com/
Okaloosa County: http://www.clerkofcourts.cc/
Santa Rosa County: http://www.santarosaclerk.com/
Walton County: http://clerkofcourts.co.walton.fl.us/