Highlands County
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Rules that apply here (county → circuit → statewide)
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Tenth Cir. — Judge Heather Beato: Proposed orders
7 verbatim requirements on proposed orders.
Tenth Cir. — Judge Peter F. Estrada: Continuances
3 verbatim courtroom requirements published by Judge Peter F. Estrada.
Tenth Cir. — Judge Heather Beato: Hearings
12 verbatim requirements on hearings.
Tenth Cir. — Judge Heather Beato: Exhibits & evidence
3 verbatim requirements on exhibits & evidence.
Tenth Cir. — Judge Heather Beato: Deadlines
3 verbatim requirements on deadlines.
Tenth Cir. — Judge Angela J. Cowden: Deadlines
1 verbatim requirement on deadlines.
Tenth Cir. — Judge Angela J. Cowden: Proposed orders
3 verbatim requirements on proposed orders.
Tenth Cir. — Judge Angela J. Cowden: Hearings
8 verbatim requirements on hearings.
Tenth Cir. — Judge Angela J. Cowden: Exhibits & evidence
4 verbatim requirements on exhibits & evidence.
10th Circuit AI rules: no local AI disclosure or certification requirement exists in Polk, Highlands or Hardee
The 10th Judicial Circuit never adopted an AI disclosure or certification mandate, and none of its judges publishes one. Filers in Polk, Highlands and Hardee Counties are governed by the statewide rule alone: Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.515(d)(2) and AOSC26-12.
10th Circuit: non-binding arbitration referral procedures
The 10th Circuit has adopted its own procedures for the conduct of court-ordered non-binding arbitration under section 44.103, Florida Statutes.
10th Circuit: the Civil Case Management Plan must be filed WITH the complaint — the Clerk rejects initial pleadings without it
In Polk, Highlands and Hardee Counties, a plaintiff filing almost any civil case must file the circuit's preapproved Civil Case Management Plan at the same moment as the civil cover sheet, complaint and summonses. This is not a later step: AO 3-42.2 directs the Clerk to refuse the initial pleading until the plan is filed.
10th Circuit: related circuit civil cases may be coordinated instead of consolidated
Polk County circuit civil practice provides a coordination procedure for related cases where full consolidation would be inefficient.
10th Circuit: ex parte order to compel discovery is available in county and circuit civil divisions
The 10th Circuit authorizes an ex parte order compelling discovery where a party has failed to respond at all to discovery demands, without requiring a hearing first — but fees and expenses still require a hearing.
10th Circuit: five magistrates hear family and juvenile dependency matters
The same five people serve as magistrates in both the family division (AO 5-44.5) and juvenile dependency (AO 6-10.6) across all three counties.
10th Circuit: civil case management tracks — streamlined 12 months, general 18 months to disposition
AO 3-42.2 implements the Florida Supreme Court's civil case management framework (SC2023-0962) in the 10th Circuit by assigning every covered civil case to one of three tracks, each with its own disposition clock.
10th Circuit: child support enforcement hearing officers — all nine officers appointed under AO 5-31.12
Title IV-D child support matters in the 10th Circuit are heard by nine child support enforcement hearing officers appointed by the chief judge under Fla. Fam. L. R. P. 12.491.
10th Circuit: extending a civil case management deadline — stipulated order vs. motion to amend the plan
Whether you need a stipulated order or a motion to amend the whole Case Management Plan turns on whether the extension touches any other deadline.
10th Cir. Admin. Order — AOSC25-13 — Supreme Court of Florida
2 verbatim requirements from Tenth Circuit administrative order AOSC25-13.
10th Cir. Admin. Order — AO_1-60.2 — IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
18 verbatim requirements from Tenth Circuit administrative order AO_1-60.2.
10th Cir. Admin. Order — AO_1-57.4 — IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
17 verbatim requirements from Tenth Circuit administrative order AO_1-57.4.
11th Cir. R. 9-1 — Motions
11th Cir. R. 9-1 — Motions: the court's own rule, verbatim from UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS for the ELEVENTH CIRCUIT FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT RULES INTERNAL OPERATING PROCEDURES (effective August 1, 2026), official PDF, sha-custodied. Court-level requirement: applies to appeals in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit alongside the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.
11th Cir. R. 8-2 — Motion for Reconsideration
11th Cir. R. 8-2 — Motion for Reconsideration: the court's own rule, verbatim from UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS for the ELEVENTH CIRCUIT FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT RULES INTERNAL OPERATING PROCEDURES (effective August 1, 2026), official PDF, sha-custodied. Court-level requirement: applies to appeals in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit alongside the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.
11th Cir. R. 8-1 — Motions
11th Cir. R. 8-1 — Motions: the court's own rule, verbatim from UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS for the ELEVENTH CIRCUIT FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT RULES INTERNAL OPERATING PROCEDURES (effective August 1, 2026), official PDF, sha-custodied. Court-level requirement: applies to appeals in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit alongside the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.
11th Cir. R. 5-1 — Certificate Required
11th Cir. R. 5-1 — Certificate Required: the court's own rule, verbatim from UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS for the ELEVENTH CIRCUIT FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT RULES INTERNAL OPERATING PROCEDURES (effective August 1, 2026), official PDF, sha-custodied. Court-level requirement: applies to appeals in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit alongside the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.