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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.
Applies in the Juvenile Dependency Division of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit (Hillsborough County).
Verbatim from the operative section of this order, re-extracted 2026-07-26; whitespace normalised only. • Referral The general magistrates may hear any juvenile dependency case referred for the purpose of judicial review or any other related matter authorized by the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure . Upon the filing of any juvenile dependency matter that may be referred to a general magistrate, any party may submit to the judge assigned to the case a proposed Order of Referral to the General Magistrate. Any objection to a referral must be in writing and filed within 10 days of the date of service of the signed order of referral. If an objection is filed, the case will remain with the judge. • Hearing and Reports When a matter is referred to the general magistrate, the matter referred will be set for hearing on a specific date and at a specific time before the general magistrate. The general magistrate will proceed with the hearing and the preparation and filing of reports in the manner set out in Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.257.
Referral The general magistrates may hear any juvenile dependency case referred for the purpose of judicial review or any other related matter authorized by the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure . Upon the filing of any juvenile dependency matter that may be referred to a general magistrate, any party may submit to the judge assigned to the case a proposed Order of Referral to the General Magistrate. Any objection to a referral must be in writing and filed within 10 days of the date of service of the signed order of referral. If an objection is filed, the case will remain with the judge.
Reviewer note: | Set to in_review 2026-07-26: the order's subject looks practitioner-facing but the extracted text captured only recitals or an effective date, not the operative ORDERED section. This is an extraction defect, not a judgement that the order is unimportant — it needs re-extraction before it goes back on the published surface. | Re-extracted 2026-07-26 from the numbered paragraphs following the order's ORDERED clause, replacing a first pass that had captured recitals and the effective date. 3 further paragraph(s) were left out because their OCR is too corrupt to quote.
2 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1986-33A.
1 verbatim requirement from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1987-09.