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eFILING COMES TO BROWARD

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Chief Judge Victor Tobin, Howard C. Forman, Clerk of Court, and Administrative Probate Judge Mel Grossman, announce a 90 day pilot project beginning April 2, 2008, for electronic filings in the 17th Judicial Circuit's Probate and Guardianship Division.  There are approximately 13,500 active cases in the division, which receive more than 300,000 filings a year. This milestone represents the initial realization of a shared vision of the Clerk and Judiciary.   "Judge Grossman, Mr. Forman and I intend to move this circuit forward into the 21st Century," Tobin said.  The system, featured recently in the AARP/American Bar Association publication, 'Promising Practices for Court Monitoring', has been several years in development, and is unlike other electronic filing systems...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on April 01, 2008 (boomark / email).