FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Broward’s chief judge calls it “reprehensible” that thieves can steal people’s entire homes — and that victims must spend months maneuvering the legal system to try to take back their properties. Able to do something, the judge plans to speed up the legal process to help these property-fraud victims.
Broward Chief Administrative Judge Jack Tuter signed an order Friday giving those victims “expedited treatment” with hearings to resolve their fraud ordeal. He wants to make it easier for people fighting to be rightful owner of the property. He also wants his judges to pay extra attention to cases that might raise any red flags before signing off on them.
“The idea that someone has their home stolen, and that person has to spend thousands and thousands, and wait months and months to get what’s legally theirs because of some fraudster just seems reprehensible,” Tutor said.
