Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has once again extended Florida’s residential foreclosure and eviction moratorium; this time until October 1, 2020. Executive Order 20-211 was issued on August 31, 2020 and extends Executive...more
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has extended Florida’s residential foreclosure moratorium for a third time; this time until August 1, 2020. Executive Order 20-159 was issued on June 30, 2020 and officially extends Executive...more
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has extended Florida’s residential foreclosure moratorium for a second time; this time until July 1, 2020. Executive Order 20-137 was issued on June 1, 2020 and officially extends Executive...more
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has extended Florida’s residential eviction and foreclosure moratorium until June 2, 2020. Executive Order 20-121 was issued on May 14, 2020 and officially extends Executive Order 20-94 which...more
On April 20, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit became the first Circuit Court of Appeal in the United States to hold that a mortgage lender must have a “branch office” that conducts at least some...more
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued Executive Order Number 20-94 on April 2, 2020 suspending and tolling any statute providing for a mortgage foreclosure cause of action under Florida law for 45 days. The Order also...more
On August 1, 2018, the Third District Court of Appeal found that a foreclosure judgment can include all amounts due and owing regardless of the initial date of default. In Eduardo Gonzalez and Rosa Gonzalez v. Federal...more
On April 27, 2018, Locke Lord obtained an opinion in a Florida District Court of Appeal matter overturning a judgment that had incorrectly dismissed a foreclosure action on the basis that it was improper to allege...more
On February 7, 2018, Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal rejected multiple arguments routinely advanced by borrowers’ counsel in defense and delay of foreclosure litigation, reversed the trial court’s order dismissing...more
On July 12, 2017, Locke Lord was successful in obtaining an order in a Florida trial court denying a borrower’s request for an award of attorneys’ fees following a successful argument that the plaintiff lacked standing to...more
The Florida Supreme Court has decided a question of critical importance to the mortgage servicing industry: Whether, following involuntary dismissal of a foreclosure action, the mortgagee must commence a subsequent...more