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 ...
Last week the Second DCA decided an appeal challenging the bank’s standing to foreclose if the bank refiled a foreclosure case but left the original note on file with the county clerk of court. Previously two opinions, Partridge ...
FBI agents in Ohio recently raided the home of a 28-year child abuse suspect named Grant Michalski. With a search warrant in hand, they forced him to put his face in front of the iPhone to unlock it via Face ID facial unlock. They were ...
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 ...
Recently decided in Dimitri v. Commercial Center of Miami Master Association, Inc., Case No. 3D16-2549 (Fla. 3d DCA Aug. 8, 2018), the appellate court had to rule upon the issue if a master condominium association was an association ...
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 ...
Congress recently reenacted the “Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act” (PTFA) on May 24, 2018 which had expired as discussed here at the end of 2014 after running from 2009-2014. The PTFA went back into effect June 24, 2018. Per the ...
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, ...
Section 720.306(1)(e) of the Florida Statutes recently amended to go into effect on July 1, 2018 requires that an amendment to any of the “governing documents” is effective when it is recorded. The HOA statutes were amended a few years ...