Does participation in the Foreclosure Diversion Program stay the foreclosure action?
Participation in the Foreclosure Diversion Program does not suspend the homeowner’s obligation to respond to the foreclosure action. However, once a homeowner appears, answers, or otherwise requests mediation within 20 days after service of the summons and complaint, or when mediation is ordered by the court, no dispositive motions or requests for admissions shall be filed until 5 days after the mediation is completed and a final mediator’s report is filed with the court, or until the court orders that mediation shall not occur.
