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CASE Files Series 2 Curriculum

Series 2

Administrative & Procedural Issues

4 Modules | Approximately 2 Hours

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What You'll Explore

Series 2 explores administrative and procedural issues that can affect mortgage servicing timelines, accuracy, and outcomes, including GSE timelines, document execution, probate, and deeds in lieu.

Included With Each Module

30-Minute Sessions

Focused recorded modules designed to fit your schedule.

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Series 2 Curriculum

Module 1

GSE Timelines – Nouveau “Statutes” of Limitation

Your organization knows the specific statutory limitations as to when a foreclosure action must be filed, served, and processed in your respective jurisdictions. However, those are not the only deadlines to which you must be mindful in order to facilitate the ‘perfect foreclosure.’ Most GSEs have implemented their own timelines and/or processes covering anything from when to file an action to how to complete a foreclosure; and, if not met, violating these non-statutory limitations could create significant financial losses.

Presenters

Sally Garrison
The Mortgage Law Firm, PC

Jim Timberlake
Baer Timberlake PC

Module 2

Sign on the Dotted Line – Document Execution

Signing a document may seem like a simple process however document execution continues to be one of the biggest areas for delay and risk. This session will review how to ensure the staff preparing and executing documents are trained on key elements of the process, understand the potential pitfalls of veering from procedure, and the organizational guardrails needed to reduce the risk of your documents being challenged in court.

Presenters

Lisa Lee
McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP

Richard Nielson
Tiffany & Bosco, P.A.

Module 3

Till Death Do Us Part – The Probate Process

Probate is the formal, court-supervised process where a deceased person’s wishes are carried out through their Last Will and Testament and the assets of the deceased are distributed to his or her rightful heirs. When a borrower passes away, it is a difficult time for the borrower’s family and the correct steps must be taken to protect the status of the mortgage loan while keeping in mind the difficulties the family is facing. This session will discuss the effects of the probate process on mortgage loan servicing and the necessary steps a servicer must take to avoid jeopardizing the mortgage priority status and how to properly deal with the borrower’s successors in interest.

Presenters

Alexandria Kaminski
Gross Polowy LLC

John Kay
Foundation Legal Group, LLP

Module 4

Exploring Deed in Lieu

This session will explore the loss mitigation alternative, deed in lieu of foreclosure. It will focus on some potential pitfalls as well as timeline and cost-benefit analysis.

Presenters

Graham Arceneaux
Graham, Arceneaux & Allen, LLC

Benjamin Paden
Doyle & Foutty, P.C.

Jim Sassano
Carlisle Law

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Overview CASE Files
Series 1 Title
Series 2 Administrative &
Procedural Issues
Series 3 Post-Sale
Series 4 Operations

One Program. Four Series. 16 Modules.

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