30 Minutes or More Means In Person — Circuit Civil F

High confidence· verified August 4, 2026Remote / Zoom Hearings13th Jud. Cir., Judge Gabbard Judicial Practices & Procedures — PDF

Summary

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.

Applies to

Florida > Thirteenth Judicial Circuit > Hillsborough County > Circuit Civil Division F (Judge Jennifer X. Gabbard)

Source of truth

"hearings scheduled for 30 minutes or more will be conducted IN-PERSON." / "all other hearings will be conducted electronically via Zoom."

Official source: 13th Cir. — Judge Gabbard (Civ F) Judicial Practices & Procedures — PDF
Source health: Healthy · checked September 3, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: August 4, 2026benchpath-cw-2026-08-04

Reviewer note: Cross-model verified (accordion + PDF veins) 2026-07-05. 30-day recheck scheduled. | 2026-08-03: the source (PDF text layer) no longer contains this rule's quoted text; dropped to medium pending re-composition against the current version. [RECOMPOSED VERBATIM 2026-08-04 (campaign wave, fully-anchored): 2 bullet(s) quoted whole from the live page, sha256 d3b97c990eaec380b2e814c054efcf89f34346e6cdc36c642a287099d4b28db2; the prior summary-class text is superseded.]

Circuit Civil

Change history

July 30, 2026Monitor: content changed at 13th Cir. — Judge Gabbard (Civ F) Judicial Practices & Procedures — PDF. Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 27, 2026Monitor: content changed at 13th Cir. — Judge Gabbard (Civ F) Judicial Practices & Procedures — PDF. Review before republishing dependent rules.

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