Mandatory In-Person Appearance; Idle Motions Deemed Abandoned — County Civil P

High confidence· verified August 4, 2026Deadlines & Time Computation13th Jud. Cir., Judge Makholm Judicial Practices & Procedures (mod. July 1, 2026) — PDF

Summary

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]."

Applies to

Florida > Thirteenth Judicial Circuit > Hillsborough County > County Civil Division P (Judge Marc S. Makholm)

Source of truth

"(b) Appearance in person is mandatory." / "the motion may be deemed abandon." / "Platform Used: The court utilizes Zoom for remote appearances."

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

Reviewer note: Cross-model verified 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, partially-anchored): 2 bullet(s) quoted whole from the live page, sha256 b0baa1862d875cfcde0c314c79d02d7fcad97a7db38633fab270364840e043df; the prior summary-class text is superseded.]

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Change history

July 28, 2026Monitor: content changed at 13th Cir. — Judge Makholm (County Civil P) Judicial Practices & Procedures — PDF. Review before republishing dependent rules.

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