Justices debate mandatory mediation to ease crisis
November 5, 2009
Daily Business Review
Authored by : Vanessa Blum
The Florida Supreme Court was asked Wednesday to adopt statewide mandatory mediation for residential foreclosures to help judges manage the flood of filings clogging courthouses.
The high court heard arguments on a task force report recommending mandatory mediation as part of a streamlined and uniform approach to the foreclosure crisis.
While questioning some specifics of the plan, justices seemed eager to help circuit courts deal with an onslaught of foreclosure cases — many involving unrepresented homeowners with a limited understanding of the legal process.
