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Landlord/Tenant Law and ProcedureFlorida Judicial College
March, 2006
Judicial Philosophy and Practice
Presented by
Honorable David E. Silvermanand
Honorable Carmine Bravo
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Learning Objectives
Apply pertinent law to specific landlord/tenant issues.
Conduct a final eviction/damages hearing.
Develop a personal judicial style and philosophy in landlord/tenant cases.
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Setting the Stage for theEviction Hearing
Courtroom or Chambers
Robed or Disrobed
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Judicial Participation
Raising issues – Notice and Defenses
Questioning by the Court
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Exercising Discretion
Setting the Hearing – Grace Period by Delay
Timing the Execution of the Writ
Facilitating the Writ
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Seven Things You Shouldn’t Be Thinking When Deciding
an Eviction Case
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7. Hey, wasn’t the landlord a big campaign contributor?
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6. Geez, this place is so awful, I better evict them for their
own good.
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5. How about if I ask, “Could you begin to pay in three or four months?” and see if the landlord does anything I can hold him in contempt for.
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4. Staring a hole through the tenant, I could say, “I take it this is a violation of the no-
animals provision.”
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3. I bet the realtor has some great locations to put my
signs.
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2. If I leave the tenants in, I can probably pick up this
property really cheap.
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1. If I don’t summarily evict or dismiss, there’ll
be a long hearing.