[Download] "Mediation could be a Key to Reducing Court Caseloads" by Florida Bar News * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Mediation could be a Key to Reducing Court Caseloads
- Author : Florida Bar News
- Release Date : January 15, 2009
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 53 KB
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With rising caseloads and shrinking budgets, mediation is increasingly being looked at as a way to clear burgeoning dockets--especially when it comes to dealing with the mortgage foreclosure mess. According to the Office of the State Courts Administrator, mortgage foreclosures in Florida are up 396 percent over the past two years, while total trial court filings are up 12 percent over the same period. A group of legal aid organizations, which recently has asked the Supreme Court to require mediation in all new foreclosures of owner-occupied residential properties, projects 423,700 foreclosures in Florida this year and 1.4 million in Florida over the next four years.