Shack; JPM, Trustee Lacks Standing, Vacates Foreclosure

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Neil Garfield

The true answer is that securitization is a process that is still on going and not an event.The Real Party in Interest (and the real amount of principal due, if any) is in a state of flux hidden by obscure, hidden or “confidential documentation.” Don’t make it your problem to unravel it. Use your strength to force THEM to prove their claim whether it is in a judicial or non-judicial proceeding.

Editor’s Comment: In case you haven’t noticed, this case, along with some others I’ve heard about but not received, closes the loop. The Pretender Lenders have now tried to use all the major parties and some of the minor parties in foreclosures and when tested have failed to prove standing. standing is a jurisdictional matter and it basically boils down to “You don’t belong here, you have no rights to enforce, you have no interest in this litigation, so get out of here and don’t come back.”

They tried MERS, Servicers, Foreclosure Specialty processors, Trustees, originating “lenders” and they come up empty. why because they are all intermediaries and as Judge Holloway put it, the note is not payable to them, the mortgage does not secure them, the obligation is not due to them and therefore they can’t proceed. In non-judicial states they get around this requirement unless the homeowner brings suit.

So who is the real party in interest? See the Fordham Law Review article posted on this blog more than two years ago “Will the Real Party in Interest Please Stand Up.”

The answer isn’t easy, but the strategy is very simple — don’t accept responsibility for the narrative or you will be taking on the burden of proof in THEIR case. They have the information and you don’t. The true answer is that securitization is a process that is still on going and not an event. The Real Party in Interest (and the real amount of principal due, if any) is in a state of flux hidden by obscure, hidden or “confidential documentation. Don’t make it your problem to unravel it. Use your strength to force THEM to prove their claim whether it is in a judicial or non-judicial proceeding.

The real reason for them NOT simply bringing in the investors who at least WERE parties in interest is multifold:

  • The meeting of the investor with the borrower will result in comparing notes and the fact that not all the money advanced by investors was actually invested in mortgages will be “problematic” for the investment bankers who put this scheme together.
  • The meeting of the investor and borrower could result in an alliance in litigation in which the shell game would be impossible.
  • The meeting of the investor and the borrower could result in a settlement that cuts the servicers and other intermediaries out of the gravy train of servicing fees, foreclosures with rigged bids, etc.
  • The conflict of interest between the intermediaries and the investors might become evident, and lead to further litigation both from the investors and the SEC, state attorneys general and Department of Justice.
  • The investment vehicle (the “trust” or Special Purpose Vehicle) might have been dissolved with the investors paid off and/or with the “assets” resecuritized into a new BBB rated vehicle. This could lead to the nuclear question: what if any, is the balance due in principal on this OBLIGATION. Warning: If you let the narrative shift to the NOTE (which is merely evidence of the obligation) you risk being entrapped by the simple question “Did you make your payments under this note?” This immediately puts you on the defensive BEFORE they have established THEIR case. Since THEY are the party seeking affirmative relief, THEY should establish the foundation first.
  • And the last thing that comes to my mind is the last thing anyone wants to hear — was this obligation satisfied in whole or in part by third party payments through credit enhancements or federal bailout?

Hon. Arthur M. Schack does it again!

JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. v George

2010 NY Slip Op 50786(U)
Decided on May 4, 2010

Supreme Court, Kings County
Schack, J.

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.

Decided on May 4, 2010
Supreme Court, Kings County

JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR NOMURA ASSET ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-AR4, Plaintiff,

against

Gertrude George, IVY MAY JOHNSON, GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, DANIEL S. PERLMAN, et. al., Defendants.

10865/06

Plaintiff– JP Morgan Chase Bank
Steven J Baum, PC
Amherst NY

Defendant– Gertrude George
Edward Roberts, Esq.
Brooklyn NY

Defendant– Ivy Mae Johnson
Precious L. Williams, Esq.
Brooklyn NY

Arthur M. Schack, J.

_______________________________________________

Accordingly, it is
ORDERED, that the order to show cause of defendant IVY MAE JOHNSON, to vacate the January 16, 2008 judgment of foreclosure and sale for the premises located at 47 Rockaway Parkway, Brooklyn, New York (Block 4600, Lot 55, County of Kings), pursuant to CPLR Rule 5015 (a) (4), because plaintiff, JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR NOMURA ASSET ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-AR4, lacked standing to commence the instant action and thus, the Court never had jurisdiction, is granted; and it is further

ORDERED, the instant complaint of plaintiff JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR NOMURA ASSET ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-AR4 for the foreclosure on the premises located at 47 Rockaway Parkway, Brooklyn, New York (Block 4600, Lot 55, County of Kings) is dismissed with prejudice.

This constitutes the Decision and Order of the Court.

ENTER

___________________________

Hon. Arthur M. SchackJ. S. C..

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Most states have adopted the Uniform Commercial Code without making any revisions. The UCC is an outgrowth of the Uniform Code arising from the Hague conventions. Thus the laws concerning indorsement, transfer, accommodation and assignment date back hundreds of years from common law from over 30 countries. Variance in application of these laws carries with it the probability of undermining the confidence that people will have in knowing that contractual obligations will be enforced and that they are protected by legal conventions that are accepted all over the world. In the context of the mortgage meltdown, the ONLY defensive positions that can be taken by those who would enforce securitized notes and mortgages, given the predatory practices employed and the failure to disclose the inflated pricing and valuation on both sides of the transaction — the investor who put up the money for the loan, and the borrower who signed the papers — is to run contrary to established law. An indorsement in blank generally means nothing without more. It does not convert the instrument to a bearer instrument. An accommodation indorsement fails to provide “cover” which is necessary for one to claim being a holder in due course. The following is an old treatise comparing laws from various jurisdictions. The inescapable conclusions are that the laws that were taught in law schools 100 years ago, 50 years ago and even 25 years ago are all the same. The only party capable of claiming the status of holder in due course is the investor who purchased certificates that gave him/her/it a share of a pool of assets which consisted of, in its purest form, a pool of notes and mortgages that were corrupted by the promise (unknown to the borrower or the investor) to apply payments to parties OTHER THAN the holder in due course. This has the obvious effect of separating the stream of revenue from the original obligor (and co-obligors acquired along the way) from the security instrument (the mortgage) which is a recorded document, as should be any assignment thereof. The parties holding the mortgage and the parties to whom the revenue stream is pledged are different, diverse, and in most cases unknown as they are dependent upon conditions subsequent that were undisclosed to either the borrower or the investor (overcollateralization of the asset backed securities, cross guarantees between tranches, insurance against loss, credit default swaps etc.). Hence the obligation was converted from a secured credit transaction to an unsecured unliquidated contingent contract obligation, subject to affirmative defenses and counterclaims, including the quieting of title, from the borrower. Conflict of Laws as to Bills and Notes

 

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Foreclosure Defense and Mortgage Meltdown: Worse than you think

Posted on May 22, 2008 by Neil Garfield

Take a look at the article (link below) which highlights the essential issues. It’s a bit choppy in reading but it makes the points you should consider as you plan your strategy for dealing with life over the next 10 years.

Despite assurances from the administration and those on Wall Street who are trying to bolster confidence in U.S. financial markets, the trust level between bankers, the key indicator of our economic future, has never been lower. Even Libor which is the holy grail of indexes has been manipulated during the last 4 years. Moody’s admitted yesterday that a computer “mistake” caused it to miss the “downturn” in the value  and rating of certain securities — the very same ones they overrated in the first place because the analysts were literally given fishing trips and pressured from the top to keep the “client” through “negotiation” of the rating that Moody’s would apply. 

What you have is a picture of obfuscation.

Imagine on the right side,  an opaque cloud of misrepresentations, ratings and false insurance protection on a securities that are so complex the number of variables rose to as high as 125 and it took a modern computer an entire weekend to come up with a price that, like election results from an entirely electronic system, cannot be audited for integrity or credibility.

  • Imagine the AAA ratings that investors believed, because the rating agencies were reasonably trustworthy and accurate in the past. Imagine insurers putting their stamp of approval based upon negotiation and the false credit ratings. 
  • And know that the entire class of securities that are “asset-backed” consists of extremely high risk predatory lending practices including but not limited to originating loans to people with interest only negative amortization for sometimes over a million dollars where the borrower is out of work and disabled.
  • These are the “cash equivalent” securities that unsuspecting managers of pension funds, government funds, mutual funds, hedge funds and others were buying. 
  • Imagine them buying derivatives on derivatives thinking they were hedging their losses when in fact they were multiplying them.
  • And now imagine that investors bought $62 trillion dollars (yes that IS the figure — 4 times our GDP) of this garbage backed by unpayable mortgages, auto loans, credit cards, student loans, and other consumer and small business debt.

Now on the left side imagine the same kind of opaque cloud of misrepresentations, pressure tactics to close, and outright fraudulent misrepresentation of “appraised” value (just like the rating agencies on securities), only less regulated and more decentralized). A subsequent TILA audit reflects the following facts:

  • Imagine a person who speaks no English, or a person who is totally unsophisticated in finance.
  • A builder with a criminal record makes deals with people at the local fronts for bigger players like Countrywide, Barclays, Wells Fargo etc. The people at these front organizations are now in prison, fired or both — a very typical story.
  • The builder finds our unsuspecting buyer and tells them that for only $2,000 per month they can get a 5 acre piece of land and build a $400,000 house on it. 
  • He gets them to pony up all the money they have — $250,000.
  • They even pony up another $150,000 borrowed from the trust fund for their disabled child, injured in an accident. Nobody cares about the personal stories here because they were all out to make a buck.
  • When the prospective borrowers start asking questions about how this could possibly work they are told: “Look, it is true you are not making the whole payment. But the way things work, housing prices always go up and down the road you either refinance and get money out of the house or you can sell at a handsome profit. Housing prices have never been steadier, growth is enormous. The lender has approved this and you know it is their money they are risking and they know a lot more then either of us, so if they are willing to take the risk, why wouldn’t you?”
  • NOT DISCLOSED: (1) the lender had no stake in the outcome of the loan except to close it and collect pass through fees. (2) The mortgage and note and servicing rights were all transferred around to mortgage aggregators, and investment banks who in turn sold derivative securities based upon this garbage loan. (3) Thus the lender was not taking on a risk and neither was anyone who handled this hot potato until it landed in the hands of an unsuspecting investor. (4) And the appraiser, eager to do more appraisals and earn more fees is allowed to know the amount of the mortgage and the contract price and conveniently and always comes in with an appraisal a few percentage points higher than the contract, so it looks good to the borrowers, and even to auditors at least at the beginning of this wild free money lending cycle. Unknown tot he borrower the “bank” is actually an unscrupulous mortgage broker steering the borrower to the worst possible deal because it nets him the highest fees, and submitting falsified income information sometimes without even the knowledge of the borrower, and sometimes with a statement to the borrower (“don’t worry” this is a no-doc loan, nothing will be checked and you won’t get into trouble because everyone wants this loan to close. (the only true statement in the entire affair). 
  • LATER THE LENDER WILL TAKE THE POSITION WITH THE FBI AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT IT WAS DEFRAUDED EVEN THOUGH IT DEFRAUDED ITSELF” BY HAVING ITS OWN AGENTS FALSIFY THE INCOME AND APPRAISAL INFORMATION.

NOW IMAGINE BETWEEN THE OPAQUE CLOUD ON THE LEFT (defrauding the borrower) AND THE OPAQUE CLOUD ON THE RIGHT (defrauding the investor) GOSSAMER THREADS REPRESENTING PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY. All the people that were represented as principals and were in fact just sales people earning a commission on a sale. 

With nobody at risk but the least suspecting people who heard and read representations that were outright lies, misleading or only partial truths, lending standards when down the toilet. Nobody cared or had a stake in the outcome of the loan transaction except the borrower and the investor. The name of the game was “close as many loans as possible” because these investors are being offered just enough yield to be a little higher than other investments and were convinced by fraud that the perceived risk was much lower than the actual risk — after all Moody’s rated it AAA. 

The standard relationship between borrower and lender in which BOTH had  stake in a successful transaction was gone, but the borrower didn’t know it. How many people would have closed on their loans if they had known the truth? How many people would have bought these securities if they had known the truth. The answer is that the mortgage meltdown and general credit crisis would never have happened. Inflation would not be rising out of control.

Confidence in the the U.S. dollar and U.S. financial markets would not have sunk below zero. Borrowers and investors would still have their money and their lives and their credit ratings. Money managers would still have their jobs and the performance of the funds they managed would still be within acceptable bounds. And banks and investment banks would not be threatened with failure.

1,300,000 people would not be in foreclosure and 9 million people would not be “upside down” on the equity-loan ratio of their homes. 

Now  you can read the article I found on op-ed.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/1/opedne_stephen__080522__22immoral_hazard_22.htm

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FORECLOSURE DEFENSE: EMERGENCY PLEADING

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Neil Garfield

 

IN THE SUPERIOR/CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF xxxxxxxxx LOCATED AT xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx OF THE COUNTY OF xxxxxxxxxxxxx OF THE STATE OF xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.

Your Name  

VS

Trustee Name

1st Mortgage Name

2d Mortgage Name

 

VERIFIED EMERGENCY MOTION TO SET ASIDE JUDGMENT, CANCEL SALE AND DISMISS ACTION FOR FAILURE OF JURISDICTION AND LACK OF STANDING.

Comes now the defendant, YOUR NAME, Defendant in the above-styled action and move this Court to vacate and set aside the Judgment entered on the xxxx day of MONTH  2008, vacate and set aside the order dated xxxxx day of MONTH 2008 setting the sale date, and canceling the sale of the subject property and as grounds therefore says that the LENDERS/TRUSTEE committed a fraud upon the Court in that the LENDERS/TRUSTEE does not now and did not, at the time of the foreclosure, own the mortgage, the mortgage note, any security agreements, nor have the requisite power to represent the real party in interest, nor did the LENDERS/TRUSTEE allege facts in support thereof. This Emergency motion is not filed for the purposes of delay. The true facts (and consequent fraud perpetrated upon this Court by LENDERS/TRUSTEE) regarding the prior sale of the risk, servicing and ownership of the mortgage and note regarding the subject real property and alleged liability did not come to the attention of the undersigned defendant until the last few days. 

The Trustee does not have the current authority to proceed with the sale or foreclosure, nor to defend the claims of the undersigned Petitioners because of events subsequent to closing that changed both the ownership and authority of the subject note and mortgage, the authority of the Trustee to represent the interests of the real parties in interest and the lack of documentation showing that the real party in interest can be established. Trustee, the lenders, the underwriters and the presence of third party investors.”

The unique context in which this and other mortgages are being foreclosed on primary residential properties has left all affected parties in untenable positions resulting from rules which never contemplated these circumstances. None of the affected parties wish to see the subject property foreclosed, sold or the the property abandoned. All of the parties affected have it in their interest to preserve and maintain the security of the asset which is the subject of the instant action. It therefore falls within the equitable powers of the Court to order mediation, and to require people with decision-making authority to appear at said mediation prior to the consideration of the current motion or any subsequent motion.

WHEREFORE, Petitioner’s pray that this Honorable Curt will vacate the sale and/or judgment, deny any motion or petition for eviction on the grounds of lack of jurisdiction over the parties or the subject property, order mediation, refer this matter for changes in the rules of civil procedure, and grant such other and further relief as the court may deem just and proper. 

[Serve them with summons. You might have to serve the Secretary of state on Mortgage Lenders because they are foreign corporations. The court clerk will tell you the answer to that, I hope. Put the name and address of Lenders in your certification clause at the end.]

I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy was sent by FAX and U.S. Mail to the following names, addresses and fax numbers this xxx day of xxxx(MONTH) 2008.to opposing counsel at the following number Attn: Name of Person Trustee Sale Officer. 

YOUR SIGNATURE: 

Notarize your signature

Then add a separate piece of paper that uses the same style, with no certification clause that says:

 

Proposed Order

 

This cause having come on to be heard upon emergency motion of the Petitioner and the court having reviewed the documents regarding the subject property, heard arguments regarding the motion, heard and received evidence regarding the motion, and taken judicial notice of the context of the great number of foreclosures of primary residences in the State of xxxxxxxxxxxxx, and the Court being otherwise fully advised in the premises, it is accordingly

 

ORDERED AND ADJUDGED:

 

1. This Court reserves ruling and reserves jursidiction to enter such orders on Petitioner’s motion and matters attendant to the Motion and other issues presented in this Order.

2. The sale of the subject property is stayed under further order of this Court. The sale date is hereby cancelled.

3. Petitioner is ordered to maintain the property, pay the utilities and taxes, and to provide proof of same to the Trustee every month.

4. Upon motion of the Trustee, in compliance with the legal requirements of standing, competence, and proof of facts, the Trustee may apply for hearing on motion to lift the Stay herein and reset the the sale date if the Petitioner can be shown to have failed to adequately maintain the property, reasonable wear and tear excepted, pay the utilities and taxes, or upon entry of an order by this or an appellate court vacating this Order and remanding the case for further consideration. 

5. The Trustee shall produce original documentation to the Court proving standing and authority to proceed under California statutes within ten (10) days from the date of entry of this court in the Court records. Time is of the essence. Failure of the trustee to file said documentation, including all original assignments or sales of the risk, security or debt specifically and expressly connected with this Petitioner and this Subject Property shall automatically constitute a dismissal with prejudice of the foreclosure, the sale, the eviction and any claim for past due payments from this Petitioner and shall relieve the Petitioenr from the accrual or payments for principal or interest to any party until such original documentation is produced.

6. The parties are ordered into mediation within 180 days at which the Trustee shall provide proof which maybe used in these proceedings showing the compliance or lack thereof with the applicable laws and rules of the State of California, the Federal government or any agency in connection with disclosures concerning, risk, fair market value, true cost of the loan, the true ultimate source of capital to fund the loan, and any changes in underwriting standards that were not disclosed to the Petitioner/Buyer and such documents shall also be filed with the Court at least ten (10) days prior to actual mediation. Failure of any affected party to appear at said medication shall constitute a waiver of any claim for payment, and claim for security or any other rights under the original transactions by which the loan documents were produced. The failure of any affected party to produce a person at the time and place of the mediation (which shall be set by order of the mediator) who is authorized to make a final decision regarding settlement shall constitute a non-appearance under this paragraph.

7. The mediator shall submit a written report of the agreement(s) of the parties which shall be approved and made binding by order of this Court upon proper notice and hearing of the parties. 

8. This case is hereby referred to applicable rule-making committees and agencies that are empowered to make temporary or permanent changes in the rules of civil procedure to accomodate the overload of forecloosure cases pending before the California Court system. Toward that end this Court suggests the following for consideration by said entities for temporary changes to the rules of civil procedure until the current mortgage meltdown crisis has passed:

 

Emergency Provisional Rules

Mortgage Foreclosures

 

These emergency rules of civil procedure apply to all foreclosures on all property, real or personal, initiated on or before January 1, 2007. No Judgment shall be executed, or if already executed, enforced, and no order of removal or eviction or seizure related to foreclosure shall be executed, or if already executed, enforced unless a Court of competent jurisdiction shall have executed an order finding as a matter of law and fact that the foreclosing party(ies) have complied with each and every provision contained herein.

 

1. Every Petition for Foreclosure and/or every action undertaken by a foreclosing party prior to seeking recovery or seizure, or occupancy of property, shall require the foreclosing party(ies) to file a verified complaint or affidavit alleging the facts supporting the claim for relief, executed by a person with actual knowledge of all facts alleged. The executing party on said verified Petition or affidavit shall affirmatively allege and actually be available for the taking of testimony by deposition or at an evidentiary hearing in the jurisdiction in which the property is located.

2. Each such Petition or Affidavit shall state the names and addresses of all parties involved in the loan transaction and shall be served under the rules governing service of process upon each of said parties as third party non-party litigants, if such parties were not the lender or borrower.

3. Each such Petition or Affidavit shall account for all funds that were passed through or to each party named in the action, the disposition thereof, and the manner and time in which the passage of said funds were dispersed, together with a citation to the mortgage documentation, including a quote of the relevant passages in the body of the Petition or Affidavit wherein said funds are disclosed and wherein said funds are authorized. 

4. Each such Petition or Affidavit shall state with particularity whether any changes occurred after the closing of the subject loan transaction in which parties or persons were changed including the names and addresses of all parties and persons related to the transactions subject to the mortgage.

5. With respect to sale or assignment or any joint or sharing arrangements concerning ownership, distribution of risk, or securitization in which the subject loan was referenced as collateral or otherwise, each such Petition shall state with particularity the details of each such transaction, the distribution or re-distribution of funds, and the documents employed by said parties after said closing.

6. Each and every such Petition or Affidavit shall affirmatively state that the foreclosing party(ies) have standing and authority to bring the action, defend counterclaims and answer affirmative defenses. The signature of the attorney on said pleading shall be mandatory and shall constitute a representation to the COURT that the filing attorney has performed proper due diligence to ascertain the truth of the allegations of legal standing and all other allegations.

7. Each such Petitioner or Affidavit shall be accompanied by attachments of the referenced documents to be included with the first service of such Petition or Affidavit.

8. Each such Petition or Affidavit shall state with particularity and specificity each disclosure made to the borrower and any third parties involved in the transaction under the Truth in Lending Act and the corresponding provision of the mortgage documents executed by the borrower which supports said disclosure.

9. Each such Petition or Affidavit shall state with particularity and specificity each disclosure made to the borrower and any third parties involved in the transaction under the Truth in Lending Act and the corresponding provision of the mortgage documents executed by the borrower which does not support said disclosure. If any allegation other than “none” is made under this paragraph, the foreclosing party(ies) shall state with specificity the law or fact upon which they should be excused from compliance.

10. Each such Petition or Affidavit shall attach a full and complete accounting of all money, value or funds transmitted, paid or or promised between all parties involved in the loan transaction before or after the loan transaction. In the event the borrower has been overcharged, undercharged, or charged correctly, the Petition or Affidavit shall so state affirmatively, providing a full accounting of said funds. 

11. No answer or response from the borrower shall be due unless and until the foreclosing party(ies) are in complete and full compliance with the provisions of these rules. Any prior answer or response may be amended by the borrower after a determination is made that the foreclosing party(ies) are in full compliance. No prior Judgement, order or other document or rule shall prevent the borrower from filing a response or answer after the foreclosing party(ies) are found to be in compliance with these rules.

12. In the event that the foreclosing party(ies) fails or refuses to comply with these rules, the foreclosure shall be barred with prejudice and until the terms of the mortgage are determined with certainty by the Court by clear and convincing evidence, no payments to the mortgagee shall be due. This provision that not apply to payment to taxing authorities. In such event of delay caused by the the foreclosing party(ies) the court may fashion such equitable remedies as the Court deems fit in its discretion. for example, the Court could apply delinquent payments to the end of the mortgage, thus extending the terms. 

13. In the event of non-compliance with these rules wherein the foreclosing party(ies) demonstrate to the Court the probability that they could amend their filing to conform to the requirements herein, the foreclosing party(ies) shall file an amended Petition or Affidavit on or before thirty (30) days from the date of the order of the Court allowing the amendment. Failure to file within said thirty period shall be grounds for a mandatory immediate dismissal with prejudice. 

14. In the event of the filing of a verified amended Petition or Affidavit, Borrower shall have ninety (90) days in which to answer or respond. Failure to answer or respond shall not relieve the burden of proof of the foreclosing party(ies) in compliance with state, local and Federal law, and in compliance with these rules.

15. The Court may grant attorney fees and costs to the prevailing party in each case where a motion or other filing occurs, wherein a determination is made in an adversary proceeding that the filing is in or out of compliance. 

16. In the event a foreclosure has already been completed and all subsequent and customary actions have occurred and no bona fide third party has taken control or occupancy of the property, these rules may applied retroactively. 

17. Once compliance has been established and the issues are joined, the Court shall enter an order requiring the parties to enter into a process of mediation. The purpose of the mediation shall be to fashion a settlement which provides relief and incentives to all affected parties, including non-party litigants. Mediation shall take place no earlier than thirty (30) days after the entry of the mediation order, and not later than is reasonably possibly given the volume of cases and the availability of competent mediators.

 

These rules are subject to review by the Court but are effective immediately. Comments and applications to be heard shall be available in keeping with the usual and customary methods of proposed rule changes. Said rules shall be effective unless and until stated otherwise by the Court.

 

DONE AND ORDERED THIS XX DAY OF XXXMONTH, 2008, IN THE CITY OF XXXX, STATE OF XXXXXXXXXXX.

 

________________________________

CIRCUIT/DISTRICT JUDGE

 

Provide self addressed stamped envelopes for the Court to use for mailing out the order to the Trustee, and the Lenders. 

 

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