No Hybrid Hearings — but Mutual In-Person Is Always Available — Family E

High confidence· verified September 9, 2026Remote / Zoom Hearings13th Jud. Cir., Judge Hooi Procedures & Preferences (Fam. E)

Summary

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.

Applies to

Florida > Thirteenth Judicial Circuit > Hillsborough County > Family Division E (Judge Michael J. Hooi)

Source of truth

"The court does not usually allow hybrid hearings in which one side appears in person while another appears virtually." / "So, if the parties and their counsel, if represented, mutually prefer, the court will allow all to appear in person instead." / "After receiving a filed emergency motion, a deputy clerk will notify the division, and the judge will enter a handling order."

Official source: 13th Cir. — Judge Hooi (Fam E) Procedures & Preferences
Source health: Healthy · checked October 23, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: September 9, 2026benchpath-reverify-2026-09-08 (live text containment) | prior: benchpath-cw-2026-08-04

Reviewer note: Cross-model verified 2026-07-05. 30-day recheck scheduled. | 2026-08-03: the source (rendered DOM (headless Chromium)) 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the live page, sha256 92440a4c21e063542d1cc2b2eaa3326d61c33026fd2327874ef1c6d686a58fcf; the prior summary-class text is superseded.] Verbatim from the division's live instruction page (https://www.fljud13.org/Directory/Judges/Judge-Hooi), harvested 2026-08-04; each bullet is quoted whole from the page, whitespace normalised only. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]

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