Filing# 113872174 E-Filed 09/23/2020 06:59:37 PM

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH JUDICIAL

CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
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CASE NO. 502016A009292-XXXXMB (AH)

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FIRST AMERICAN BANK,

Plaintiff,

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NOTICE OF FILINGD FENDANT 'S NOTICE OF.REMOVAL AND
REMAND TO THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
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DEFENDANTS, LAURENCE S.. SCHNEIDERand: STEPHANIE L. SCHNEIDER (the
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"SCHNEIDERS"), pro se litigants,_ hereby file their Notice of Filing Defendant's: Notice of

RemovaL and Remand to the United'. States District Court. :for the Smithem District of Florida
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(WestPalm Beach) and in accordance with the applicable Florida Rules of Civil Procedure And
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the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, hereby gives notice to the Palm Beach Circuit Court that
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since the Defendants' September 23, 2020 filing ofa Notice of Removal of the foreclosure case

to the United States District Court, the. Palm Beach Circuit. Court has been divested of
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jurisdiction~ As a result, no further. proceedings. can be undertaken fa the Palm Beach Circuit
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Court, until arid unless the case .is remanded back to the Circuit Co:µrt As a_ related case to
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Laurence Schneider, Stephanie Schneider v. First American Bank, .as successor by merger to

Bank of Cordi Gables, LLC 17..;cv-80728, First American Bank v. Laurence Schneider et al. 17-

cv-,80723, .First America11· Bank v Schneider, Laurence, Stephanie -Schneider, _Jeffrey Marc

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Herman, Unknown Tenants, The Oaks at Boca Raton Property Owners Association 502016-CA-:

009292. The cases which are assigned to Judge Middlebrooks as such in accordance with Local

Rule 3.8 and expect to be assigned to the Honorable Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks. This court

has been divested of subject matter jurisdiction to enforce the Order Granting First American

Bank's Issuance for Writ of Possession executed by Judge Lisa Small on September 04, 2020

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See [D.E. 589]; and the most recent Order granting Motion for Deficiency Judgment executed by

Judge Samantha Schosberg-Feuer entered September 22, 2020 See [D.E. 592] and the Final

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Judgement Order granted on September 22, 2020. See [D.E. 593]

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As this Court is aware, both Defendants Laurence Schneider and Stephanie Schneider

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have asserted under penalty of perjury that the Order which attorney Henry Bolz had purportedly

received via U.S. Mail [See Exhibit "33"] and in which attorney Bolz had certified to the United
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States Federal District Court Judge Donald Middlebrooks in which he claimed was our response
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to Judge Middlebrooks June 13, 2017 Order to Show Cause was a forgery.
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Furthermore, in the event the case is remanded back to this Court, this Court is obligated

to comply with 28 U.S. Code §1447. Procedure after removal, See [D.E. 543], as was directed by
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Clerk of Court, Steven M. Larimore, See [D.E.539]. Pursuant to the June 26, 2017 Motion for
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Summary Judgment transcript. See Exhibit "21" of First American Bank's Motion for Sanction
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served but not filed with the Court in the matter of Laurence Schneider v. First American Bank
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Verified Petition to Set Aside Judgment, Case No. 502019-CA-001016, page 4, lines 8 through
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"THE COURT: All right ...... One matter that I had noticed in pulling up the
Clerk's docket sheet, and that is the Defendants have moved to remand this to
United States District Court, Southern District of Florida. And although it hasn't
been filed yet. You have to presented me with an order from the United States
District Court remanding the case back to the State Court. So, I--
 MR. BOLZ: Yes, ma'am. But-it was removed on June 9th, and it was remanded,
I believe, on the 22nd so, which was last Thursday.
THE COURT: Right. Okay. So, let me hand you your copy.
MR BOLZ: Your Honor, you're welcome to keep it. I have lots of copies on that
note.
THE COURT: Well, As long as its' filed in the court file."

This Court is required to comply with the explicit directions the United States District

Court in which a certified copy of the Federal Court's Order of Remand and filed with this Court

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before this Court once again has subject matter jurisdiction.

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Lastly, neither Defendants Laurence S. Schneider and Stephanie L. Schneider are

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registered to utilize nor had accessibility to the CM/ECF electronic mail service and thus any

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claims or certifications made by Keller & Bolz, LLP of having effectuated service to the

Schneiders, such as was the case with attorney Henry H. Bolz, Iii counsel for Plaintiff, should be
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deemed as fraud on the Court.
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Respectfully submitted,
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 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has
been served via the Florida Court's E-filing Portal Automatic Email Service
pursuant to Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.516, on this 23 day of
September, 2020, to Aleksandra. Novakovich Gonzalez, Esq.,

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(foreclosures@ssclawfirm.com), Sachs, Sax Caplan, Attorneys for The Oaks at
Boca Raton POA, Inc., 6111 Broken Sound Parkway, N.W, #200, Boca Raton,

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FL 33487; Geoffrey M. Cahen, Esq.(geoff@cahenlaw.com) Cahen Law, P.A.,
1900 lades Road, Suite 270, Boca Raton, Florida 33431; and John W. Keller, III,

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(jkeller@kellermesa.com), Keller & Mesa, LLP, Attorneys for First American
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF

THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA

CASE NO.: 502016-CA-009292-XXXX MBAH

FIRST AMERICAN BANK, as

successor by merger to Banlc of
Coral Gables, LLC,

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Plaintiff,

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ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF~'f~T AMERICAN
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BANK, MOTION FOR ISSUANCE,OF WBIT OF POSSESSION
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THIS MATTER came before this Co~~2pmheanng on September 3, 2020, upon

1\~ f~Writ of Possession [DE

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Plaintiff's, FIRST AMERICAN BANK, 530]. The Court

baving carefully reviewed and consid~'i?;;on, baving heard a,gumenl of counsel for
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First American Bank and Laurenc-(~aer (representing himself), and being otherwise fully
inform:d of the premises ( a ~ Uiat Stepmnie Schneider did not appear after due notice of
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this hearing), it is hereby

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ORDERED an~UDGED that Plaintiff's Motion for Writ of Possession be and the

same is hereb~TED, except the Court does not issue its directions to the Clerk to act
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"fodmJlth.~ Clerk is hereb directed to issue a rit of Possession and deliverit to the
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hemt:f~executi non or as soon as racticable after Se tember 30 2020 in accordance

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. Civ.P.1.580 and Fla. R. Civ. P. Form 1.915. The Writ of Possessionsball specify

that the Sheriff sball remove all persons from the property inPalmBeach County, Florida

described as: "Lot 37 of the Fox Hill Estates of Boca Raton, according to the Plat thereof, as

recorded in Plat Book 87, Page 4, of the Public Records of Palm Beach County, Florida.,"

connnonly known as 17685 Circle Pond Court, Boca Raton, Florida 33496-1002 ("Property"),

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and to put First American Bank in possession of said Property.

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Attorneys for Oaks at Boca Ratorr"

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JOHN W. KELLER, III, ESQ.

Email:J'keller@kellennesa.com
Keller & Mesa, LLP
121 Majorca Ave., Suite #200
Coral Gables, Fl., 33134

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF

THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA

CASE NO.: 502016-CA-009292

DMSIONAH

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FIR.ST AMERICAN BANK, as

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successor by merger to Bank of
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STEPHANIE L. SCHNEIDER, et al.,

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ORDER GRANJIINq.P~TIFF'S,
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FffiST AMERICAN BANK, M~T.I~N FOR DEFICIENCY JUDGMENT

THIS MATTER came before ~ ~ o r Zoom special set hearing on September 21,
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2020, upon Plaintiff's, First Amcri~Motion for Deficiency Judgment l)JE 533]. The
Court having carefully reviewe"cta~\~idered the Motion, having heard argument of counsel
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for First American Bank ("F~~rican'') and Defendant, Laurence Schneider (representing

himself), and noting tha~il"odan~ Stopbanie Sclmeider, did not appear although she received
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due notice of ~aring and this Court attempted to call her twice on the telephone using the
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mnnber s~%1mmce Schneider but went to voice mail) and being otherwise fully
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a d ~ t i y f'mds and concludes:

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Finding of Fact and Conclusions of Law

On June 26, 2017, this Court entered a Final Judgment of Foreclosure against both

Defendants, Laurence Schneider and Stephanie Schneider (collectively the "Schneiders") [DE

125]. On July 18, 2020, Defendants appealed the Judgment [DE 134 & 141]. By Order dated

October 11, 2017, the appeal filed by Stephanie Schneider was dismissed by Florida's Fourth

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District Court of Appeal ·for non-compliance with its order [DE 198]. On July 25, 2018, the

Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed the Final Judgment of Foreclosure on all issues except

"to the extent that the [foreclosure] judgment allowed [First American] to simultaneously execute

on the money judgment and foreclose on [the] property." [DE 216]. In accordance with the

opinion of the Fourth District Court of Appeal, this Court, on October 12, 2018, entered an

Amended Final Judgment of Foreclosure [DE 225]. .,<.._' \

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By Order dated February 11, 2020, this Court granted First American's Mo~ni:o/ees

against both Laurence Sclmeider and Stephanie Sclmeider and awarded First Ame~

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$426,4 7950 in attorneys' fees, pre-supplem:nlaljudgment interest at r~464.54 in

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costs and expenses and $48,389.50 in expert witness fees and expens~ 377 at 14]. On

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February 26, 2020, this Court entered the Amended Final Judg~f Foreclosure

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(Supplemental Judgment)
. ', Stephanie Schneider
[DE 384] against both Laurence4ide?'and

based on the above Order. On March 12, 2020, th.Le ),O~~pealed both Supplemental
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Judgments [DE 388]. On September 3, 2020, th(~~District Court of Appeal dismissed the

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appeal for lack of prosecution [DE 587].

In 1he Amended Final Judgm:~~ure (Supplemental Judgment) [DE 384], the

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Court scheduled 1he foreclosure ~~ residential properly located at 17685 Circle Pond
Court, Boca Raton, Florida 3~002 ("Properly'') for April I, 2020. This Amended
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Judgment also provide~~is Court retained jurisdiction: "to enter further orders that are

proper including..X:ithout~tion, a deficiency judgment" (Id. at ,r 9).

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Due to.t~)breakofthe Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), onMarch 18, 2020,

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the schy.d~eclosure sale was cancelled until further order of the Court. See Administrative
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Ord~2.510-03/20203. By Order, dated June 17, 2020, this Court reset the foreclosure
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sale of~ Property for August 3, 2020 [DE 449]. On August 3, 2020, the foreclosure sale

was conducted, First American purchased the "Property" by credit bid in the amount of Eight

Hundred Seven Thousand One Hundred and no/lO0ths Dollars ($807,100.00) and the Clerk

issued a Certificate of Sale [DE 519]. No objection to the sale was made, and, on August 17,

2020, the Clerk issued a Certificate of Title to First American as the new owner of the Property

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[DE 525].
"A plaintiff seeking a deficiency must establish 1) enby of final judgment of foreclosure;

2) sale of the foreclosed property pursuant to the judgment; [and] 3) issuance of a certificate of

title for the property." Aluia v. Dyck-O 'Neal, Inc., 205 So. 3d 768, 773 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2016).

Insofar as a motion for deficiency seeks to enforce or satisfy the final judgment of foreclosure,

there must also be a reservation of jurisdiction in the final judgment Id. at 775. :'\

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All these conditions have been satisfied by the record and established b ~

Amended Final Judgment of Foreclosure (Supplemental Judgment) determin~~unts

~ expenses.

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awarded to First American to date, including the principal indebtednessJrld

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First American is entitled to a deficiency that is "the balance of a l l s ~ ! ' Fed. Deposit Ins.

Co. v. Circle Bar Ranch, Inc., 450 So. 2d 921, 1)22 (Fla. 5" D ~ ) - The fomrula to calculate

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a deficiency judgment is the total debt, as secured by t~~juq¼nt of foreclosure, minus the

fair market value of the property as determined by t h ~ ~ i a , 205 So. 3d at 775; Morgan v.
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Kelly, 642 So. 2d 1117 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994). ~(d~the foreclosure sale is the date at which
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the fair market value is determined. Symon f'c~n Capital Corp., 242 So2d 765 (Fla. 4th
DCA 1970). The lender has the initial~ii'-O'fproving the fair market value of the property
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was less than the totaldebtde~"t imaljudgmenl. Vantium Capital, Inc. v. Hobson,

137 So. 3d 497, 499 (Fla. 4 th ~ O 14). There is a legal presumption "that the foreclosure sale
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price equals the fair ma~lue of the property." Id. Once the lender introduces evidence of
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the foreclosure~ pric.}.-the burden shifts to the borrower to present evidence concerning the
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properly'st'~value. Id. In the absence of such evidence, the lender has no furlher
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obligatlo to~prefcluce any further evidence of fair market value and the trial court should enter an
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t evidence unless the lender gratuitously elects to offer further evidence of fair

marketvalue. Id. at 500.

During the hearing, First American met its initial burden by demonstrating that an Amended

FinalJudgmentofForeclosure (SupplementalJudgment) [DE 384] was entered in this matter, that

the sale of the Property took place on August 3, 2020, that the Clerk issued a Certificate of Sale

[DE 519] evidencing that First American purchased the Property by credit bid for $807,100.00,

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and that the Clerk issued a Certificate of Title on August 17, 2020 [DE 525]. Once the burden of

proof shifted to the Defendants, Laurence Schneider did not offer any competent or substantial

evidence of the fair market value of the Property on August 3, 2020, despite the Court's

repeated efforts offering him an opportunity to present evidence. Accordingly, pursuant to the

Vantium decision, there is a presumption that the fair market value of the. Property on August 3,

2020 was $807,100.00 -the foreclosure sale price. j

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Applying the formula enunciated inAluia and Morgan, the Court finds the amo~~the

deficiency as follows: ~
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Total Amount of the Amended Final Judgment
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August 17, 2020 $2,34~09

The fair rnarlret value of the Property on August 3, 2020 ~ 7 , 100.00)

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Post-Judgmentlnterestfrom August 18, 2020 to~~~
September 21, 2020 £h..~'1/--"'$'"""'10""'",=06=8:.:....:.4-=5
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Total Amount of Deficiency C.~~ $1,547,391.54
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ORDERED and ADJUDGED thatflaintiffJs, First American Bank, Motion for a

.Deficiency Judgment is hereby G~~)>'

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ORDERED and ADJUD~Q that the Court will enter a Deficiency Judgment in favor

of Plaintiff, FUSI American B~';i{.inst Defendants, Laurence Schneider and Stephanie

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Schneider, jointly and several~in the amount of $1,54 7,39154. The Deficiency Judgment shall
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bear interest at ~ t e ~ % per year.

ORDEllEDJnd ADJUDGED that the Court will retain jurisdiction to detennine the total
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annunts~~ys' fees, costs, and expenses to which Plaintiff is further entitled, to enter
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f ~ e r s that are proper, and to supplement the rmal deficiency judgment as appropriate.
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110NE AND ORDERED in Chambers in WestPalmBeach, PalmBeachCounty,

Florida.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF

THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FORP AIM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA

CASE NO.: 502016:.CA-009292

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FINAL JUDGMENT
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TIIIS ACTION came before 1he C~~~;i ntiff's, First American Banlc, Motion for
Deficiency Judgment bearing a C e ~ Service dated August 27, 2020 [DE 533], the
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Amended Final Judgment of Fore~tiru pplemen tal Judgment) dated February 26, 2020 [DE
384], 1he Certificate of Sale~ ust 3, 2020 [DE 519], and 1he Certificate of Title dated
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August 17, 2020 [DE t~ .Accordingly, this Court having granted the Motion for Deficiency
Judgment by Order dat~tem ber 21, 2020, hereby enters this Final Judgment, whereby it is
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ORDERED ~ J ~ G E D THAT:
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::S-_~ n t is GRANTED in favor of Plaintiff, FIRST AMERICAN BANK, and against

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~efenda nts, LAURENCE SCHNEIDER and STEPHANIE SCHNEIDER, jointly and

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severally.

2.Plaintiff, FIRST AMERICAN BANK, 540 Biltmore Way, Coral Gables, Florida
33134, shall recover from Defendants, LAURENCE SCHNEIDER, 17685 Circle Pond
Court, Boca Raton, Florida 33496-1002, Social Security No.: , and
STEPHANIE SCHNEIDER, 17685 Circle Pond Court, Boca. Raton, Florida 33496-

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1002, Social Security No.: the smn of $1,547,391.54, for which let

execution issue.
3. The Total Amount Due due shall bear interest at the rate of 6.03% per year.

4. The Court previously detennined that Plaintiff, FIRST AMERICAN BANK, is entitled

to reasonable attorneys' fees, costs, and expenses incurred in connection with this action.

Accordingly, the Court retains jurisdiction to detennine the total amounts of attom<; s' fees,
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costs, and expenses to which Plaintiff is further entitled, to enter further orders ~ + p e r ,

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Aleksanclra Novakovich Gonzalez, Esq.

Sachs, Sax, Caplan
Attorneys for The Oaks at Boca Raton Property Owners' Association, Inc.
6111 Broken Sound Parkway, N.W., #200,
Boca Raton, FL33487
Email: agonzalez@ssclaw finncom

Geoffrey M. Cahen, Esq.

Cahcn Law, PA,
Attorneys for It's A New Day Corporation,

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Real Estate & Finance, Inc., S&A
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The following transaction was entered by Bolz, Henry on 6/22/2017 at 1:02 PM EDT and filed on 6/22/2017
Case Name: First American Bank v. Schneider et al
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NOTICE by First American Bank re [5] Order to Show Cause (Attachments: # (1) Exhibit
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Defendant's Response to Order to Show Cause) (Bolz, Henry)

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Laurence Schneider
360 Coconut Palm Road
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Stephanie Schneider
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CASE NO.: 50-2016-CA-009292-XXXX-MB
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5 FIRST AMERICAN BANK,

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6 Plaintiff/Pet itioner,
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8 LAURENCE S. SCHNEIDER,

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9 STEPHANIE L. SCHNEIDER,
10 JEFFREY MARC HERMAN,

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June 26 th , 2017
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1 APPEARANCES:

3 For the Plaintif f:

4 HENRY BOLZ, ESQUIRE

5 121 Majorca Avenue, Suite 200

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6 Coral Gables, Florida 33134

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1 THEREUPON:

2 THE CLERK: And what' s the young man's name

3 that we need to - I know it's Schne ider, but what' s
4 his first name?
5 THE COURT: Laure nce --

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6 MR. BOLZ: Laure nce Schne ider.
7 THE COURT: Schne ider.

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8 MR. BOLZ: And his wife is Steph anie

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9 Schn~ ider.
10 THE COURT: Steph anie Schne ider

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11 THE CLERK: All right . Laure nce and Steph anie
12 Schne ider.
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THE COURT REPORTER: I'm here for this case,
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14 Your Honor . I'm here for this case.

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THE COURT: Okay. Excep t, let me go back and

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23 attorn ey was like, remem ber when I said that? No.
24 You didn 't say that. Couns el, he said this. I'm
25 like, yeah. No repre senta tion for the clien t in

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1 the hall.
2 THE COURT: Thank you, Depu ty.
3 THE BAIL IFF: You got it.
4 THE COURT: All righ t. This is Firs t Amer ican
5 Bank versu s Laure nce Schn eider and Steph anie
6 Schn eider .

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And this is plai ntiff 's motio n for
7 summ ary judge ment .

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One matt er that I had notic ed in pulli ng up
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the Cler k's dock et shee t, and that is the
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Dist rict Cour t rema nding the case back to the State
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16 Cour t. So, I --
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MR. BOLZ: Your Hono r,, you' re welco me to keep
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THE COURT: Well, as long as it's filed in the
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1 MR. BOLZ: Yes, it is.

2 THE COURT: I don 't thin k I have to keep it.
3 And you are Mr.
4 MR. BOLZ: I'm Henr y Bolz .
5 THE COURT: Henr y Bolz . Okay .

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6 MR. BOLZ: Of the law firm of Kell er and Bolz .
7 THE COURT: I thin k you' ve appe ared in fron t

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9 MR. BOLZ: Yes, ma'a m.
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11 MR. BOLZ: You hand led the init ial moti on to
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24 MR. BOLZ: Yeah . Ther e are no affir mati ve
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1 THE COURT: Okay . So, why don' t you proce ed?

2 MR. BOLZ: Your Hono r, we're - first off, I
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6 proce ed, the one thing I do want to see is the
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9 I just want to make sure that there is a
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1 It says, Mr. Bolz, as I .have expla ined to you,

2 I am in Phoe nix doing depo sitio ns and will not
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6 billi ng state ment or any requ est for prod uctio n.
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MR. BOLZ: Your Hono r, first off, just to - we
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MR. BOLZ: I'm happy to. I'm givin g you the
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1 THE COURT: Yeah. Becaus e I don't issue

2 judgem ents until the --
3 MR. BOLZ: That's fine.
4 THE COURT: Promi ssory note is filed.
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9 THE BAILIF F: Sure. Want her to --
10 THE COURT: Case manag er to come?

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11 THE BAILIF F: You want .her to come here?
12 THE COURT: Yeah.
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THE CASE MANAGER: Did they compl ete a notice
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1 THE CASE MANAGER: There is a notic e of filin g

2 righ t here that they can comp lete for the origi nal
3 note and mortg age.
4 MR. BOLZS: Is it - what was the filin g - is
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THE CASE MANAGER: Just write in origi nal note
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1 don 't know if you 've had a chan ce to

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2 mot ion for sum mary judg eme nt.
3 THE COURT: I did.
4 MR. BOLZ: It is, I thin k, man ifes t tha t we' re
5 ent itle d to the reli ef. We' re - this is a ten- yea r
6 HELOC loan star ted in July of 2006 .

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1 No. What? Whoa. One mil lion . One mil lion ,

2 four hun dred eigh ty~ eigh t thou sa~d , five
hun dred
3 fift y-fo ur dol lars and sev enty -six cen
ts.
4 The inte res t on tha t amo unt from Mar ch
16 th .
5 And tha t's when they - the ·las t paym ent
came in on
6 th
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7 And so, they have not paid any inte res
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10 fift een mon ths. It's abo ut - wel l, sixt
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11 thou sand , six hun dred fort y -six dol lars
and fift y-
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the
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t hun dred
15 seve nty dol lars and nin ety- thre e cen ts.
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16 We are not seek ing any add itio nal cos ts,
like
17 late cha rges or late fees or any thin g
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like tha t.
18 Jus t the thre e, prin cip le, inte res t, and
unp aid ad
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24 But, we are goin g to exte nd and have the
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1 with those at a future date.

2 THE COURT: Uh-huh .
3 MR. BOLZ: The amoun t of the judgem ent is, you
4 know, been set out by affida vit. We filed a
5 compl ete statem ent of the loan histor y, which is
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requir ed by the statut e.
7 I think that we have submi tted everyt hing that

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9 would like to get a - just so you know, Mrs.
10 Schne ider did not sign the note.

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11 THE COURT: I know that.
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MR. BOLZ: Okay. So, we're gettin g - the
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13 summa ry - we'd like to get a final judgem ent
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14 again st them on the prope rty in the amoun t that we

.15 hav~ stated in here, a millio n, six hundre d twenty -
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16 five thousa nd dollar s.

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18 agains t Lauren ce Schne ider, indivi dually , in the
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amoun t - in·tha t amoun t as well as the forecl osure.
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23 forecl osure, and the final judgem ent agains t Mr.
24 Schne ider.
25 THE COURT: Okay.

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1 MR. BOLZ: And that' s - do you have any

2 quest ions on how
3 THE COURT: No. I review ed the affid avit of
4 indeb tedne ss, the attach ment. I also review ed the
5 heari ng in front of Judge Blanc , in which , T

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6 belie ve they stipu lated to - failin g to pay the
7 taxes and failin g to pay the ballo on paym ents.

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10. MR. BOLZ: They waffl ed a little bit in the

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13 MR. BOLZ: Yes, ma'am .
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14 THE COURT: Yes, yes, yes.

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MR, BOLZ: We - but - were going back and

16 doubl e check that. The payme nt we receiv ed on the
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9 of April was the last payme nt that was made.
18 And they have not come up with anyth ing --
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MR. BOLZ: To show that they made any furth er
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THE COURT: Okay. Yeah. I've review ed it.
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pursu ant to you motio n for final summa ry judge ment,
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1 MR. BOLZ: Your Honor?

2 THE COURT: If you want to presen t it to the
3 court?
4 MR. BOLZ: Here is the first - the notice of
5 filing the origin al note and mortga ge that you have
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those. And so, if you would?
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MR. BOLZ: All right. We have an order
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11 judgem ent, which does not have any numbe rs in it.
12 It doesn 't have a forecl osure.
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15 have to enter the order.
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Enter the final

16 judgem ent. I'm sorry.
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THE COURT: Okay. I'll - I can't sign a blank

18 page with nothin g above it but I will sign it here.
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MR. BOLZ: Okay. It's - this is for - to --
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THE COURT: Okay. Let me just - I know --
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MR. BOLZ: There 's slight differ ence, becaus e
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1 today.
2 THE COURT:
3 MR. BOLZ:
4 THE COURT:
5 set the sale date?
I unders tand.
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MR. BOLZ: I have - we're ready to go. I mean
7 it's a --

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MR. BOLZ: I don't know what the param eters
10 are, Your Honor.

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11 THE COURTR: Well, again, I can set it thirty
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MR. BOLZ: Uhh --

16 THE COURT: Forty- five is gener ally --
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MR. BOLZ: Let's do - forty- five days is fine,

18 Your Honor.
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22 MR. BOLZ: Right.

23 .THE COURT: So that they comply with all the
24 statut ory requir ement s.
25 MR. BOLZ: Right.

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1 THE COURT: Okay. Forty -five days would be

2 Augus t 10 th • Okay. And you have asked for a
3 judge ment?
4 MR. BOLZ: That - again st Mr. Schne ider. I
5 don't know if - is this going to run afoul of the

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6 third page rule? I think it might . I just - not
7 enoug h room to --

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MR. BOLZ: Do you want us to re-do that and
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11 parag raph and put it over to the secon d page?
12 THE COURT: Okay. Let me just ask you
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14 MR. BOLZ: Yes, ma'am .

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THE COURT: With respe ct to final judge ment,

16 usual ly the judge ment of forec losur e reser ves the
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18 MR. BOLZ: That' s corre ct;
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23 again st him, indiv idual ly. So, we had --
24 THE COURT: Right .
25 MR. BOLZ: Okay.

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1 THE COURT: But, you'r e not entit led to

2 colle ct the full amoun t anywa y.
3 MR. BOLZ: Abso lutely not. No, no, no.
4 THE COURT: Becau se i t ' l l be, you know, less
5 the fair marke t value of

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6 MR. BOLZ: So, we'll go throu gh the sale and
7 then we'll go throu gh defic iency proce ss.

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9 MR. BOLZ: That' s fine.
10 THE COURT: I would feel more comf ortab le.

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11 MR. BOLZ: That' s --
12 THE COURT: You know, doing it that way.
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13 MR. BOLZ: And again , that' s fine.
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retai n juris dicti on to issue any order s.

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18 then
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THE COURT: Clear ly witho ut a defic iency
23 judge ment?
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MR. BOLZ: Yes, ma'am .
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1 MR. BOLZ: Right.

2 THE COURT: So, that seems to be a little
3 cleane r. That's
4 MR. BOLZ: Okay. That's fine, Your Honor.
5 THE COURT: Do you have the other - the
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envelop es and other notices of sale that the
7 MR. BOLZ: I do not, Your Honor.

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11 MR. BOLZ: It's good exercis e, getting up.
12 THE COURT: Yeah.
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15 stamps and envelop es somewh ere, or what?
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18 you have produce d. A couple of questio ns.
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19 THE CASE MANAGER: Uh-huh.

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THE COURT: All right. Here's the notice of
23 filing.
24 THE CASE MANAGER: Okay.
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1 right?
2 THE CASE MANAGER: Yes. I'll make sure.
3 THE COURT: And this is also an order grantin g
4 the summary judgem ent, which we can get the - on
5 that. Now, the clerk issues the final j~dgem ent.

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6 But, he only gave me one judgem ent, so he has to
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10 MR. BOLZ: See if there's envelop es --

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11 THE CASE MANAGER: Did you bring envelop es
12 THE COURT: No. That's what I just --
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13 THE CASE MANAGER: For mailing purpose s?
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14 MR. BOLZ: We're. just checkin g, Your Honor. I

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16 we didn't use. But, I'm not sure that they made
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it.
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needs to provide a copy of the title. And --
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MR. BOLZ: I'm sorry, what?
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THE CASE MENGER: A copy of the title - if
25 your firm should win it; a title.

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1 MRT. BOLZ: Title?

2 THE CASE MANAGER: Title.
3 THE COURT: The blank - well, the blank title.
4 Issuanc e of a certifi cate of title to
5 THE CASE MANAGER: Correc t.

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6 THE COURT: To the plaint iff, if the plaint iff
7 purchas es the proper ty.

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11 THE CASE MANAGER: Right.
12 THE COURT:
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13 THE CASE MANAGER: But you need --
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14 THE COURT: A packet of docume nts.

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THE CASE MANGER: You --

16 MR. BOLZ: Do those come today?
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17 THE CASE MANAGER: Yes.

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every, single person on your service list --
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MR. BOLZ: Okay. That's not a problem .
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1 for a. certif icate of disbur semen t, for a

2 certif icate of sale. And you were suppos ed to•
3 bring for the final judgem ent as well.
4 THE COURT: Okay. Maybe what you want --
5 MR. BOLZ: Can I go --
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THE COURT: Go to the clerk 's office and get a
7 listin g.

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10 want to get this all done and do it today.

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11 THE CASE MANAGER: Well, we'll send out the
12 final judgem ent today. But, you'll have to give
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15 MR. BOLZ:
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THE CASE MANAGER: The clerk does.
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l. copie s for the clerk .

2 THE COURT: Oh, oh. Okay . Okay . The clerk
3 sends out the final judge ment --
4 THE CASE MANAGER: But norm ally you shou l~
5 have a copy, an origi nal copy for the judge to
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sign. And a confo rmed copy for every one on the
7 servi ce list to recei ve.

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THE CASE MANAGER: Righ t. Beca use you don' t
12 sign it.
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What happe ns is, you g~ve

16 it to the judge and we will stamp it. And then
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18 MR. BOLZ: That 's fine; Okay .
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THE COURT: Are they enoug h thoug h, thoug h?
24 How.m any?
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THE CASE MANAGER: How big is your servi ce

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1 list?
2 MR. BOLZ: One. Well, there' s three.
3 THE COURT: There 's one, two three.
4 MR. BOLZ: It was three.
5 THE COURT: Three.

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6 MR. BOLZ: The two Schne iders, and there 's the
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10 THE CASE MANAGER: Uh-huh .

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11 MR. BOLZ: I_ only have one, two, three.
12 THE COURT: Okay.
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or not?
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18 into the docke t; it's a timeli ne on when the clerk
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MR. BOLZ: So, I got - I'm short one of each
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THE CASE MANAGER: Okay.
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1 Mr. and Mrs. Schn eider prob ably shou ld get them
2 sepa ratel y, since they 're now work ing. And they go
3 in one enve lope. I --
4 THE CASE MANAGER: It depen ds --
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MR. BOLZ: They 're at the same addr ess.
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THE CASE MANAGER: It depen ds on your servi ce
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10 THE CASE MANAGER: If you have liste d them

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11 indiv idua lly, then they shou ld recei ve them
12 indiv idua lly.
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14 THE CASE MANAGER: If you had liste d them

15 toge ther theh they shou ld recei ve --
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23 maile d to them indiv idua lly. Beca use, that 's how
24 you'v e liste d them.
25 MR. BOLZ: Yes.

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1 THE COURT: Okay. Let's make one copy.

2 THE CASE MANAGER: So, I can make - I can make
3 one copy of each of these.
4 THE COURT: For Mr. Bolz
5 THE CASE MANAGER: Then I'll

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7 MR. BOLZ: Thank you very much. I - but I can

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10 MR. BOLZ: We'll get that done today. I

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12 THE CASE MANGER: Yes.
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THE COURT: But, I think Mr. Bolz ought to go

16 down to the clerk and find out exactly what he
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23 disbursem ents and the sale.
24 THE COURT: Okay.
25 MR. BOLZ: Three sets of envelopes?

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