The Florida Supreme Court issued an opinion reversing Nationstar Mortgage LLC v. Glass, 219 So. 3d 896 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017). In Glass, the 4th DCA held that where a borrower successfully proves that a lender does not have standing to ...
Earlier this month the Florida 5th DCA released an opinion, Grant v. Citizens Bank, N.A., slip op., Case No. 5D17-726 (Fla. 5th DCA Dec. 26, 2018), holding that the 5 year statute of limitations to bring an action to enforce a note and ...
The Florida FAR-BAR contract is a standard form contract used for the sale of residential real estate in Florida developed by The Florida Bar and Florida Association of Realtors. The FAR-BAr contract is widely used by owners, real ...
Florida appellate courts have continued to make case law eroding the Florida foreclosure statute of limitations allowing banks to proceed to judgment on previously dismissed cases refiled years after the foreclosure crisis. U.S. Bank ...
Florida’s 3rd District Court of Appeal out of Miami recently expanded the rejection of statute of limitations in foreclosure cases in U.S. Bank National Assoc., Trustee v Morelli, et al., Case No. 3D17-286 (Fla. 3d DCA June 6, ...
HSBC Bank USA, Nat’l Ass’n, etc. v. Buset, No. 3D16-1383 (Fla. 3d DCA Feb. 7, 2018)- the court made many significant holdings to foreclosure law gong forward. First, that a note IS in fact a negotiable instrument, the negotiability of ...
The 5th DCA recently held in Velden vs Nationstar Mortgage, 5D16-3628 (January 12, 2018) that amounts beyond the 5 year statute of limitations period in foreclosure were not collectible. The Florida Supreme Court in Bartram previously ...
A few interesting cases to note: Gunning vs. Equestleader.com, Inc., 2D16-2214 (Fla. 2d DCA October 13, 2017): The Curt found that once the parties entered into a contract for purchase of real property, that if buyer came upon the ...
All Florida residents recovering from hurricane Irma should immediately begin getting their claims in for damage to their properties. With the extent of the damage across the state, claims could take longer than average to process and ...
There is a rule of Civil Procedure that exists which bars successive lawsuits after 2 tries, often referred to as the “two dismissal rule” under Rule 1.420. The 1st DCA recently held that this rule does not apply to ...