Mortgage Foreclosure Rules Relaxed And Supplemented

By Order dated March 4, 2014, the New Jersey Supreme Court has relaxed and supplemented the following Rules of Court relating to mortgage foreclosure matters, effective as of that date:

• Rule 1:34-6 – so as (a) to provide that applications for the recommendation by the Office of Foreclosure for entry of the categories of orders specified in Rule 1:34-6 must be pursuant to and consistent with Rule 1:6-2(a) and Rule 4:64-9, and (b) to authorize the Office of Foreclosure to enter orders to correct party names in electronic court records resulting from errors in electronically filed metadata;
• Rule 4:64-1(d)(1)(A) and Rule 4:64-9 – so as (a) to require that the Office of Foreclosure, upon receipt of a specific objection to the calculation of the amount due reflected in the affidavit of amount due accompanying a motion for entry of final judgment, shall refer the matter to a judge in the county of venue for handling and scheduling of further proceedings; and (b)