13th Jud. Cir., Judge Ellison Procedures & Preferences (Circ. Civ. J)
Judge Ellison rejects agreed orders not preceded by a motion or stipulation, requires "Agreed Order" as the caption opener with the basis identified in paragraph one, and runs competing orders through a Word-format e-mail protocol with legal argument prohibited.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Polo Procedures & Preferences (Circ. Civ. C), § 11
[PREEMPTED effective June 15, 2026 by Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.515(d)(2) and AOSC26-12 — the statewide certification standard controls.] Judge Polo's page still displays her own AI-disclosure mandate with sanctions up to dismissal.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Daniel Procedures & Preferences (Circ. Civ. H), § 16
[PREEMPTED effective June 15, 2026 by Rule 2.515(d)(2) and AOSC26-12.] Judge Helene Daniel's page still displays her own AI disclosure-and-certification mandate with sanctions including dismissal.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Marlewski Procedures & Preferences (Circ. Civ. K), § 11
[PREEMPTED effective June 15, 2026 by Rule 2.515(d)(2) and AOSC26-12.] Judge Marlewski's page still displays her own AI disclosure-and-certification mandate.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Felix Procedures & Preferences (Fam. A), § 13
[PREEMPTED effective June 15, 2026 by Rule 2.515(d)(2) and AOSC26-12.] Judge Felix's page still displays his own AI disclose-and-certify mandate for any document, materials, or exhibits.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Black Procedures & Preferences (Inj. K / County Civ. S), § 3
[PREEMPTED effective June 15, 2026 by Rule 2.515(d)(2) and AOSC26-12.] Judge Black's page still imposes her own AI rule — disclosure on the face of the document plus a personal-review certification, citing Fla. Bar Ethics Op. 24-1 — alongside 5-business-day case-law notebooks and new County Civil AO S-2026-024.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Polo Procedures & Preferences (Circ. Civ. C), § 15–18
Judge Polo caps all motions/responses/replies/memos at 10 pages (photos, charts, case law exempt), requires supporting papers e-filed 3 business days out, and warns that seeking relief by e-mailing chambers brings sanctions without further notice.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Huey Procedures & Preferences (Circ. Civ. I/Y)
Judge Huey caps memos at 10 pages (photos/charts exempt), refuses mailed or hand-delivered submissions, and offers a decide-on-the-papers track when both sides agree.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Gabbard Judicial Practices & Procedures — PDF
Judge Gabbard's practices PDF: hearings scheduled for 30 minutes or more are conducted IN PERSON; everything else runs electronically via Zoom unless the Court orders otherwise.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge DePaul Procedures & Preferences (Fam. C)
Judge DePaul's matrix: non-evidentiary ≤30 minutes on Zoom (pro se CMCs in person); evidentiary or >30 minutes in person, with evidentiary set at 60 minutes; Zoom-noticed evidentiary hearings without permission may be cancelled; phone appearances risk rescheduling.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Brown Judicial Practices & Procedures (County Crim. D)
Judge Brown (14-item FSC template, the county-criminal exemplar): in-person default under his Standing Order on Remote Appearances; filing an NOA without waiving speedy trial obligates defendant AND counsel to appear at arraignment; his AI paragraph points to statewide Rule 2.515(d) (compliant).
Fla. 13th Jud. Cir. Admin. Order S-2026-025 §§ 7-8 (Child Support Enforcement Hearing Officers Handling Title IV-D Matters), eff. June 1, 2026
If your CSEHO recuses, the case does not go back into random assignment — it moves automatically to the next numbered division, and Division 6 wraps around to Division 1.
Fla. 13th Jud. Cir. Admin. Order A-2026-026 (judicial assignments, eff. Aug. 24, 2026); see also S-2026-021 (creating County Civil "X") and S-2026-022 (abolishing Juvenile Dependency "C")
Effective August 24, 2026: Murphy moves to Circuit Civil D, Martin to Criminal O, Peacock takes Dependency B and J, Dependency C is abolished, and a newly created County Civil X goes to Manning.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Smith Judicial Practices & Procedures (County Crim. A, mod. Jan. 14, 2026) — PDF
Judge Smith's practices PDF (mod. Jan. 14, 2026): ALL CASES ARE IN PERSON, discovery-related motions are filed within 10 days after discovery was due, and out-of-custody pleas include a scanned fingerprint card in the filing.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Pomponio Judicial Practices & Procedures (mod. Nov. 3, 2025) — PDF
Judge Pomponio's multi-docket practices PDF: arraignments run every Monday of Dispo week at 9:00 a.m. via Zoom, but all dispositions are in person, and the division otherwise conducts hearings in person.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Farfante Procedures & Preferences (Asbestos Div. Z)
Judge Farfante's asbestos calendar runs monthly (generally the third Thursday, 10:30 a.m.) on an agenda built by an outside coordinator — motions must reach the coordinator by 5:00 p.m. the Thursday one week prior or risk not being heard.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Bantner Procedures & Preferences (County Civ. M), § 9
The strongest in-the-wild confirmation of the 2026 statewide AI rule: Judge Bantner's page expressly states his prior AI requirements are REMOVED because of the May 28, 2026 amendment of Rule 2.515 — signing a filing now itself certifies the authorities exist and are accurately cited.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Alvarez Judicial Practices & Procedures (Crim. F)
Judge Alvarez decides bond reductions without evidence or hearing: file, e-mail the division, the State responds within 24 hours, the Court rules by e-mail, and defense uploads a State-approved order.
Fla. 13th Jud. Cir. Admin. Order A-2013-006 (Standing Recusal Orders & Standing Recusal Administrative Orders)
A standing recusal order moves your case only if the subject attorney files the party's FIRST pleading or paper. Bring that attorney in later and the case stays put — you are deemed to have waived the judge's disqualification.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Farfante Procedures & Preferences (Business Court L)
Judge Farfante's Business Court runs initial CMCs on UMC with a mandatory Case Management Report per Local Rule 3.13, SMITH/JONES-style e-mail subject lines, and a hard rule: do not e-file the notice until the JAWS confirmation e-mail arrives.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Catlin Procedures & Preferences (Probate A)
Judge Catlin: all case-law authority AND all hearing/trial exhibits due at least five business days ahead — exhibits in an indexed, tabbed binder — with mediation mandatory before any 2-hour-plus hearing on pain of cancellation.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Tompkins Procedures & Preferences (Fam. B)
Judge Tompkins requires each side's final financial affidavit 5 days before trial with ONLY contested entries highlighted, and a single jointly-prepared equitable-distribution worksheet in Excel color-coding agreed vs. disputed items.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Nash Procedures & Preferences (Circ. Civ. G)
Judge Nash routes trial continuances differently by vintage: 2023-and-earlier cases must set the motion on UMC/CMC; 2024-and-later cases e-mail the motion to the division for chambers review — and no new trial order issues until the continuance is granted.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Costello Procedures & Preferences (Inj. H / County Civ. K), § 4
Judge Costello's AI section simply restates amended Rule 2.515(d)(2) — the post-AOSC26-12 statewide standard — a compliance model, not a local mandate: signers certify cited authorities exist and are accurately cited, with the rule's own sanctions.
Judge Christine D. Edwards, Judicial Practices and Procedures § (1) (13th Jud. Cir., Hillsborough County)
Judge Edwards' UMC is capped at five minutes total and three minutes per side. Contested motions between represented parties, evidentiary motions, and anything needing a case-law binder do not belong there.
Judge Christopher Saba, Judicial Practices and Procedures (13th Jud. Cir., Hillsborough County)
Judge Saba allows a unilateral hearing notice only after 45 days' notice and only for lack of cooperation — and the notice must detail the efforts made to agree. One letter, email or ultimatum is not enough, and cross-noticing is prohibited.
Judge Marc S. Makholm, Judicial Practices and Procedures § H (13th Jud. Cir., Hillsborough County)
Judge Makholm caps a single motion at twenty-five pages excluding attachments, requires Rule 1.202 conferral before filing, and needs evidentiary materials five business days ahead.
Judge Colleen O'Brien, Judicial Practices and Procedures (13th Jud. Cir., Hillsborough County)
Judge O'Brien applies the same 45-day unilateral-notice standard as County Civil L — available only for lack of cooperation, with the notice detailing the efforts made to agree. Cross-noticing is prohibited.
Fla. 13th Jud. Cir. Admin. Order A-2026-036 (judicial assignments)
Wesley D. Tibbals held Circuit Criminal Division "E" through July 6, 2026; Mark D. Kiser took it on July 7. The two judges traded divisions, with Tibbals moving to Family Law "F."
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Martin Judicial Practices & Procedures (Juv Dep B, mod. 1/23/2026) — PDF
Judge Martin's practices PDF (mod. 1/23/2026, recovered from the portal vein): DCF is responsible for arranging remote appearances, witnesses appear by Zoom only with Court permission, and status conferences require a filed notice of hearing.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Gutman Judicial Practices & Procedures (mod. June 2026) — PDF
Judge Gutman's practices PDF (mod. June 2026): the county-civil template applies — late materials not considered, Zoom by motion for in-person-noticed hearings, good cause for remote requests.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Baggé-Hernández Procedures & Preferences (County Civ. J)
Judge Baggé-Hernández runs the fullest county-civil template (13 sections) including dedicated Small Claims and Landlord/Tenant-Eviction procedures — courtesy copies go digitally to the division, JAWS is the scheduling default, and unsolicited non-party communications are disregarded.
Fla. 13th Jud. Cir. Admin. Order S-2025-007 § 4 (General Magistrates in the Juvenile Dependency Division)
A recusing dependency magistrate hands the case down a fixed loop (GM-1 to GM-2 to GM-4 to GM-1). A motion to disqualify goes to the presiding judge for a legal-sufficiency ruling — and if granted, the successor is drawn with a true random number generator.
Judge J. Logan Murphy, Judicial Practices and Procedures (13th Jud. Cir., Hillsborough County)
Judge Murphy's first-appearance and emergency division runs on a hard 11:59 a.m. day-before deadline. Anything filed after noon the day before is stricken absent emergent circumstances, and multi-case motions must be filed in every case.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Chandler East Circuit Div. R Procedures — PDF
Judge Chandler's Division R sheet demands metadata on every notice — filing date, document index number of the motion, and time reserved — with 30-minute-plus contested evidentiary matters in person at Plant City and exhibits/case law mailed 5 days ahead.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Chandler East Circuit Probate Div. U — PDF
Judge Chandler's Division U sheet: East Probate is paperless (orders only via ePortal to EAST CIRCUIT PROBATE DIVISION U), and probate hearings share Division R's JAWS docket for 30-minutes-or-less settings.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Tesche Arkin Procedures & Preferences (Probate B / RPO N)
Judge Tesche Arkin defaults to Zoom but pulls emergencies back into the courtroom: Emergency Temporary Guardianship and Vulnerable Adult petitions are heard in person with counsel and parties present; 1-hour-plus hearings are JA-set and in-person only.
Fla. 13th Jud. Cir. Admin. Order S-2025-006 §§ 3, 5 (General Magistrates and Child Support Enforcement Hearing Officers in the Family Law Division)
Post-judgment family law matters (except Title IV-D) are referred to a general magistrate. When you file the matter you must simultaneously file either a Motion for Referral or an Objection to Referral. Pre-judgment matters are never referred.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Kiser Procedures & Preferences (Fam. F)
Judge Kiser requires all parties and counsel in person at the first CMC; post-judgment matters come off the first case-management docket and reschedule appropriately; the JA answers no legal questions.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Peacock Procedures & Preferences (Circ. Civ. D)
Judge Peacock refuses sharefile links and paper binders: courtesy materials go by e-mail with case number and hearing date, binders arrive as bookmarked PDFs, and Word orders are rejected by the ePortal.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Campbell Procedures & Preferences (Juv Dep D)
Judge Campbell runs dependency hearings hybrid (Zoom or in person) with video required on, a strict Zoom renaming convention (name, role, case number), Zoom Rooms reservable at the courthouse 3 days ahead — and trials in person with witness lists 5 days and premarked exhibits 3 business days out.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Thomas Procedures & Preferences (Circ. Civ. A)
Judge Thomas: an emergency motion not properly filed with the clerk will not be treated as an emergency — the clerk channel is the only emergency channel.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Taylor Standing Pretrial Order & Procedures (County Crim. B)
Judge Taylor (under the shared County Criminal Standing Pretrial Order): continuance motions for in-custody defendants must be filed at least 48 hours before the court date to cancel jail transport, and all pleas are in person absent a pre-approved plea in absentia.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Green Judicial Practices & Procedures (mod. 11/17/2025) — PDF
Judge Green's practices PDF: in-custody defendants will not be transported to arraignment — plan appearances and waivers accordingly; orders in PDF; the JA answers no legal questions.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Alvarez Judicial Practices & Procedures (Crim. F)
Judge Alvarez permanently eliminated interim dispositional dates — the affirmative duty to progress discovery and set motions before the PTC survives; PTCs are in person with the defendant required.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Rice Judicial Practices & Procedures (Crim. I)
Judge Rice: the State e-mails proposed jury instructions by 8:00 a.m. the Monday of trial week; exhibits pre-marked sequentially with every page bates-numbered; two-week trial subpoena windows for first-degree-and-up felonies.
13th Jud. Cir., Order on Procedures Applicable to Jury Trials (Judge Huey, Div. I) — PDF
Judge Huey's standing jury-trial order still requires the original, two copies AND a CD-R disc in Word format of proposed jury instructions and verdict forms by close of business the day before trial — with voir dire limited to two hours per side and limine motions heard by the Friday before.
Judge Denise A. Pomponio, Judicial Practices and Procedures § D (13th Jud. Cir., Hillsborough County)
Judge Pomponio's published procedures say proposed orders are due "within five (3) business days after any hearing." The spelled-out word and the numeral disagree. Until the court corrects it, the safe reading is the shorter one: 3 business days.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge O'Brien Judicial Practices & Procedures (mod. Nov. 2025) — PDF
Judge O'Brien's practices PDF (mod. Nov. 2025): materials after the deadline are not considered, unclaimed binders are recycled within 3 days, and Zoom at an in-person-noticed hearing takes a motion.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Saba Judicial Practices & Procedures (mod. Jan. 2026) — PDF
Judge Saba's practices PDF (mod. Jan. 2026): hearing materials received after the deadline will not be considered, binders not retrieved within 3 days of the proceeding are recycled, and Zoom requests for in-person-noticed hearings go by motion.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Makholm Judicial Practices & Procedures (mod. July 1, 2026) — PDF
Judge Makholm's practices PDF (mod. July 1, 2026 — days old): appearance in person is mandatory for the listed settings, and unprosecuted motions "may be deemed abandon[ed]."
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Rice Judicial Practices & Procedures (Crim. I)
Judge Rice mirrors the F-division waiver with an exception: all motions other than motions in limine must be filed AND heard before the Pretrial Conference or they are waived; limine motions must at least be filed by then.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Alvarez Judicial Practices & Procedures (Crim. F)
Judge Alvarez deems all motions not heard before the Pre-Trial Conference waived — and no grounds for continuance; substitutions of counsel must be filed AND heard 7 days before PTC, and continuances are not considered at PTC absent unforeseen circumstances.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Daniel Procedures & Preferences (Circ. Civ. H)
Judge Daniel splits binder practice by hearing length: short hearings (UMC 5–7 min, CMC 15/30) get NO binders with authority filed 3 business days ahead; 45-minute-plus hearings may have binders — but only by mail or courthouse drop-off, never e-mail.
13th Jud. Cir., Div. C 2026 Jury Trial Weeks (Judge Polo) — PDF
Judge Polo's published trial calendar bars attorneys from choosing a single week out of a multi-week trial period: the trial order must reflect the entire period, and all PTCs and trials are in person.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Fuson Judicial Practices & Procedures (Fam. L, mod. June 25, 2026) — PDF
Judge Fuson's practices PDF (mod. June 25, 2026): evidentiary hearings never happen on Zoom regardless of length, and all temporary-relief hearings are in person; scheduling impasses go to the JA.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Ayers Procedures & Preferences (Fam. D)
Judge Ayers will not schedule a final hearing or trial unless mediation occurred within the past six months (or new counsel appeared since) — and the Order Setting Final Hearing must hit JAWS 15 days before the date.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Hooi Procedures & Preferences (Fam. E)
Judge Hooi does not usually allow hybrid hearings (one side in person, one virtual); if both sides prefer, everyone may appear in person instead; emergencies route through the clerk to a judge-entered handling order.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Palermo Procedures & Preferences (Circ. Civ. B)
Judge Palermo bars hybrid hearings outright: the courtroom is not equipped for them, so everyone is on Zoom or everyone is in the courtroom, absent a specific advance order.
13th Jud. Cir., Juv. Delinquency B/F Procedures & Preferences (published under Judge Brennan)
The Delinquency B/F division publishes unusually granular order-formatting rules: PDFs created from Word (not scans), no signature line or ORDERED-AND-ADJUDGED text alone on a page, Mother/Father capitalized, descriptive titles, "number of number" pagination — with orders in the JAWS queue presumed shared and unobjected.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Catlin Procedures & Preferences (Probate A)
Judge Catlin's paperless order regime: PDF only (never Word), the hearing date in the opening paragraph, uploaded no more than 2 days before the hearing (early uploads rejected and removed), 3-business-day docketing wait, and "no hanging signatures."
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Scionti Judicial Practices & Procedures (mod. June 1, 2025) — PDF
Judge Scionti's specialty-docket practices PDF (Mental Health M, Veterans V, Adult Drug Treatment W): proposed orders submitted in what the document memorably calls "Microsoft Adobe Acrobat™" format, exhibits to the clerk on paper — and no standing Zoom ID (access is provided upon approval only).
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Lefler Judicial Practices & Procedures (Felony C, mod. June 30, 2026) — PDF
Judge Lefler's practices PDF (mod. June 30, 2026 — which also confirms his division as Felony C): proposed orders submit in PDF format, and exhibits go to the clerk in paper, single-sided.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Ward Procedures & Preferences (Circ. Civ. O)
Judge Ward: agreed orders upload PDF-only to the ePortal within 5 days of hearing; objectors must deliver Word competing orders within 3 days; no response after 5 days of service lets the movant upload; binders are welcome if indexed, tabbed, and 3 days early.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Fernandez Judicial Practices & Procedures (mod. 6/24/2026) — PDF
Judge Fernandez's practices PDF (mod. 6/24/2026, covering Circuit Criminal B and the Jimmy Ryce Act T docket): proposed orders upload in PDF, and Zoom-decorum violators "may be subject to sanctions."
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Griner Procedures & Standing Pretrial Order (East County)
Judge Griner publishes the circuit's most detailed single page (31 items) under the shared County Criminal Standing Pretrial Order: all cases in person unless special-set on Zoom, speedy waivers written-or-on-the-record only, opposing party on every e-mail.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Wolfe Practices & Procedures (Trial Division 3), citing AO S-2024-062(28)(A)
Judge Wolfe enforces AO S-2024-062(28)(A) with teeth: every pretrial motion in a case transferred to TD-3 must be scheduled and heard by the original transferring judge — failure to do so timely is deemed a waiver.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Oster Judicial Practices & Procedures (mod. May 4, 2026) — PDF
Judge Oster's procedures (recovered from her practices PDF, mod. May 4, 2026): pretrials and the discovery docket are automatically held via Zoom, with hearing requests stating whether the setting is remote or in person.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Chandler East Circuit Div. S Protective Injunctions — PDF
Judge Chandler's Division S sheet is unambiguous: all protective-injunction hearings happen in person at Plant City, and you may not participate by Zoom unless the Court specifically directs it.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Tibbals Judicial Practices & Procedures (mod. June 4, 2025) — PDF
Judge Tibbals: good cause must be established to appear remotely in his criminal division, and in-custody defendants are not transported to arraignment.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Nazaretian Judicial Practices & Procedures (mod. Jan. 23, 2026) — PDF
Judge Nazaretian (practices PDF, mod. Jan. 23, 2026 — recovered from the portal vein after his directory page showed nothing): good cause required for remote appearance, all hearing materials 3 business days ahead, continuances 5 days ahead, defendant present at the PTC.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Rice Judicial Practices & Procedures (Crim. I)
Judge Rice releases offered hearing dates to other parties if the JA gets no response within three business days — and layers deadlines: authority 3 business days, evidence for review 2 business days, Zoom exhibits 48 hours.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Johnson Judicial Practices & Procedures (mod. Nov. 2025) — PDF
Judge Johnson's practices PDF: hearing binders must be picked up within 3 days after the proceeding or they are recycled; anything over 15 minutes schedules by e-mail only; materials and continuances run on 5-day clocks.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Felix Procedures & Preferences (Fam. A), § 2
Judge Felix's scheduling protocol: the JA offers at least two dates; if the responding side stays silent for two business days after a documented good-faith attempt, the movant may pick the hearing time.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Scott Procedures & Standing Orders (County Crim. E)
Judge Scott: all cases in person unless special-set on Zoom (good cause, documentation possible), waivers of speedy trial refused via e-mail — written and filed, or on the record — and every e-mail to the Court copies the opposing party.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Tompkins Procedures & Preferences (Fam. B)
Judge Tompkins orders counsel to study Smith v. Crider before filing an emergency motion, files it with the Clerk only (never deliver to the judge), and runs UMC at 7–10 minutes per case.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Allen Procedures & Preferences (County Civ. O)
Judge Allen: every hearing is in person (no phone/Zoom for small-claims initial pretrials), 60-minutes-or-less books through JAWS — and even after the parties agree, the movant must appear at the scheduled time unless a timely cancellation or signed stipulation reached the division.
Fla. 13th Jud. Cir. Admin. Order S-2026-025 §§ 1, 3, 15 (Child Support Enforcement Hearing Officers Handling Title IV-D Matters), eff. June 1, 2026
Child support enforcement hearing officers handle Title IV-D support matters only. Custody, visitation and property disputes cannot be filed inside the Title IV-D case at all — they require a separate action.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Cuellar-Stilo Procedures (Traffic M / NCNT T / IV-D Y)
Judge Cuellar-Stilo's Civil Traffic division takes no Zoom absent a court order, presumes motions pending 60+ days without a hearing denied without prejudice, and treats unwarranted "emergency" labels as sanctionable — with counsel expected available nights and weekends for real ones.
Judge Michelle D. Sisco, Judicial Practices and Procedures (13th Jud. Cir., Hillsborough County)
Judge Sisco, the Criminal Division's administrative judge, requires all hearing materials two business days before the hearing and continuance requests at least five days before the court date.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Goudie Procedures & Preferences (Trial Division 2)
Judge Goudie's TD-2 grants no continuances once a case transfers in — continuance motions belong to the letter-division judge — and parties may not contact trial divisions to solicit trial dates.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Rich Judicial Practices & Procedures (Fam. I, mod. Dec. 2, 2025) — PDF
Judge Rich's practices PDF (recovered from the portal vein; mod. Dec. 2, 2025): the responding side has two business days to answer availability; only after Court confirmation — or documented silence — does the movant file the Notice of Hearing.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Henderson Judicial Practices & Procedures (mod. May 2026) — PDF
Judge Henderson's practices PDF (mod. May 2026): UMC dockets run on Zoom, other remote appearances require good cause from the requesting party, and unclaimed binders are recycled after 3 days.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Palermo Procedures & Preferences (Circ. Civ. B)
Judge Palermo caps UMC at matters heard in under 5 minutes and summarily cancels any that exceed 7 — no contempt, no testimony, no dispositive motions on the UMC docket.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Edwards Judicial Practices & Procedures (County Civ. I, est. Oct. 20, 2025) — PDF
Judge Edwards's practices PDF: the Uniform Motion Calendar is conducted via Zoom only, remote-appearance credentials die with a cancelled hearing, and Zoom appearances for in-person settings require an uploaded Order to Appear Via Zoom in the Division I queue.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Giardina Procedures & Preferences (County Civ. H)
Judge Giardina: 15-minutes-or-less schedules through JAWS, over 30 through the JA — and a unilaterally-set notice of hearing must attach a cover letter detailing at least three attempts to coordinate; hearings in person since February 14, 2022.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Thomas Procedures & Preferences (Circ. Civ. A)
Judge Cheryl Thomas runs the 13th's strongest civil Zoom default: jury trials in person, everything else — including pretrials and evidentiary hearings — on Zoom unless designated otherwise.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Bauman Procedures & Preferences (Fam. J)
Judge Bauman: PTCs, trials, and evidentiary hearings require counsel AND clients at the courthouse; the Court will not schedule on WebEx; no piggybacking matters onto set hearings; and proposed orders must NOT enter the queue before the hearing happens.
13th Jud. Cir., Judge Goudie Procedures & Preferences (Trial Division 2)
Judge Goudie's remote-evidence protocol is the strictest in the circuit: witnesses show photo ID before being sworn, must be alone in a quiet room, may not use virtual backgrounds, must shut off other devices, and will be asked to scan the room before testifying.