In early 2010, the Florida Supreme Court amended Rule 1.110(b) of the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure to require that all residential foreclosure complaints be verified. The Rule requires a simple recitation:
Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have read the foregoing, and the facts alleged therein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.110. Despite this straightforward language, foreclosure defendants regularly rely on this rule to seek dismissal of a foreclosure action on a variety of theories. Nonetheless,Florida Appellate ...