On May 10, Governor Mike Pence signed into law House Enrolled Act 1084, which assesses a $50.00 filing fee on all mortgage foreclosure cases filed with Indiana trial courts. This fee was previously collected in all foreclosure actions filed between July 1, 2009 and December 31, 2012. Since January 2010, a portion of this fee has been used to fund the Mortgage Foreclosure Trial Court Assistance Project (MFTCAP). The … [Read more...] about $50 Filing Fee on Mortgage Foreclosure Actions Reinstated
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Adult Guardianship, Mortgage Foreclosure, New Administrative Manual Chapters
Case Type Designation: The New Uniform Adult Guardianship Act Effective July 1, 2011, the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act (UAGPPJA) became law in Indiana. Under the UAGPPJA, if an out-of-state court requests assistance in a guardianship or protective proceeding, an Indiana court has jurisdiction for the limited purpose of granting the request. The assistance may range from … [Read more...] about Adult Guardianship, Mortgage Foreclosure, New Administrative Manual Chapters
Burdened but Unbowed
2011 State of the Judiciary On Jan. 12, 2011, Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard delivered his 24th State of the Judiciary address to a Joint Session of the Indiana General Assembly. An excerpted version follows. The State of the Judiciary was broadcast to a statewide audience over the Internet and on radio and television through Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations. Video of the speech and the full text of the 2011 … [Read more...] about Burdened but Unbowed
Mortgage Foreclosure
Robo-Signing and Settlement Conferences Among Issues Addressed in Recently Published Best Practices Guide In mid-October 2010, media swarmed with news that some of the country’s largest mortgage lenders had engaged in the “robo-signing” of foreclosure documents. Several employees of national lenders such as Chase and Wells Fargo admitted to signing as many as 10,000 documents a month, often without reading the docum … [Read more...] about Mortgage Foreclosure
Mortgage Foreclosure Trial Court Assistance Project
Background: The Mortgage Foreclosure Trial Court Assistance Project (MFTCAP) was created to assist trial courts in scheduling and conducting mortgage foreclosure settlement conferences. This program utilizes court-appointed facilitators to reach out to foreclosed borrowers, ensure they are aware of their right to a settlement conference, and to bring both parties to the table to try to find a mutually-agreeable … [Read more...] about Mortgage Foreclosure Trial Court Assistance Project