Adult Guardianship, Mortgage Foreclosure, New Administrative Manual Chapters
October 31, 2011 by Editor
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 [...]
Burdened but Unbowed
February 21, 2011 by Editor
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 [...]
Mortgage Foreclosure
January 31, 2011 by Editor
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 [...]
Mortgage Foreclosure Trial Court Assistance Project
September 13, 2010 by Editor
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 [...]
Back Home in Indiana
May 5, 2010 by Editor
Mortgage Foreclosure Project Update—
Indiana’s mortgage foreclosure rate is among the highest in the country, largely due to the decline of the automotive and manufacturing industries. In 2008, the state saw 45,394 foreclosures—a more than 50 percent increase since 2003. In January 2009, Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard addressed this crisis, vowing to train more professionals [...]
Dealing with the Recession: A Court System That Won’t Roll Over
February 28, 2010 by Editor
On Jan. 20, 2010, Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard delivered his 23rd State of the Judiciary address to a Joint Session of the Indiana General Assembly. An excerpted version follows.
For the first-time, the State of the Judiciary was broadcast to a statewide audience. Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations produced a half-hour special devoted to the State [...]
Mortgage Foreclosure Attorney Training Update
October 31, 2009 by Editor
It is because of the committed partnerships among several state and local agencies that over 1000 attorneys, mediators, and judges are specially trained to work with foreclosure cases and help Hoosiers facing foreclosure. These training efforts have fulfilled the promise Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard made in his 2009 State of the Judiciary address, when [...]
Supreme Court Opens Three Front Operation on Mortgage Foreclosure
April 30, 2009 by Editor
Using in-house staff and expertise, and partnering with experienced public sector and non-profit players, the Indiana Supreme Court has begun a three-pronged attack in addressing the mortgage crisis.
The Supreme Court initiative to help homeowners who are facing foreclosure will focus on: 1) education for trial judges, 2) training and recruitment of volunteer lawyers, and 3) [...]
Recession Hits Home: The Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis and Our Indiana Courts
December 31, 2008 by Editor
The national mortgage crisis is hitting our state very hard. In 2007 there were 43,804 mortgage foreclosure cases filed in Indiana trial courts, an increase of around 50% in the cases filed just five years ago. The explosion of new cases is causing judges to rethink how they deal with the civil filings that have [...]
