Daily Record Financial News &
Monday, May 14, 2018
Vol. 105, No. 126 • One Section
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‘We make sure the child’s voice is heard’
From left, 4th Judicial Circuit Guardian Ad Litem Program Director Vanessa Byerly; Christine Meyer, supervising attorney; and Lauri Dieterle, who has been a volunteer child advocate for nearly 10 years. Photo by Max Marbut
Guardian ad Litem and its volunteers work to ensure the best interests of children are upheld in the court system.
By Max Marbut Associate Editor When the justice system determines a child is abandoned, abused or neglected and cannot live at home in a healthy, safe environment, parental rights may be terminated and a court case begins. As of April 16, the most recent data available, there were 24,289 Florida
children in that situation, and 1,172 were in the 4th Judicial Circuit comprising Clay, Duval and Nassau counties. One of the first steps after a case is opened is for the presiding judge to appoint a Guardian ad Litem to advocate for the child’s best interests as the case progresses. He or she is a volunteer who gets to know the child and their family and
follows the case until its conclusion, advocating only for the child’s best interests. Circuit Judge David Gooding, who has presided in dependency court for the past 14 years, said the volunteers play a key role in due process. They appear in his court daily on behalf of clients and are “another set of eyes and ears.” Guardian
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Foley steps back at Cannae as hockey team advances
As his hockey team advances in the National Hockey League playoffs, Bill Foley is stepping back from some of his other business activities. In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing last week, Cannae Holdings Inc. said Foley
no longer will serve as an executive officer. Foley had been executive chairman of the investment company, which was spun off from Jacksonville-based Fidelity National Financial Inc. last year. He will now serve as nonexecutive chairman of the board. Cannae is headquartered in Las Vegas, where Foley relocated after he was granted an NHL expansion franchise that began play this season. Foley’s Las Vegas Golden
Knights have delivered unprecedented success for a team in its first year of play, winning Foley two rounds of playoffs and advancing to the NHL Western Conference finals. While the offices are about 2,000 miles from Jacksonville, executives of Fidelity continue to run Cannae, with Executive Vice
President Brent Bickett serving as Cannae president. Foley also is chairman of Fidelity’s board and serves as executive chairman of another Jacksonville-based company spun off from Fidelity, Black Knight Inc.
Black Knight CEO not focused on deals New Black Knight CEO Anthony Jabbour has some experience with mergers and acquisitions in his previous job as chief operating
officer of Fidelity National Information Services Inc., or FIS. So, during his first quarterly conference call with Black Knight last week, Jabbour was asked about an acquisition strategy for the company, which provides technology for mortgage lenders. Jabbour said that question has come up often, but “I wouldn’t say I’m coming in with a recipe that I think needs to be followed.” While Black Knight may purBasch
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The Marbut Report: Clay program going statewide Florida Legal Access Gateway helps the public navigate the court system. Public
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