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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.
Florida > Thirteenth Judicial Circuit > Hillsborough County > Probate/Guardianship/Mental Health Division A (Judge Catherine M. Catlin)
"CASE LAW MUST BE SUBMITTED AT LEAST 5 BUSINESS DAYS BEFORE HEARING." / "ALL EXHIBITS ... MUST BE SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN 5 BUSINESS DAYS BEFORE HEARING/TRIAL AND BE SUBMITTED IN A BINDER WITH AN INDEX AND TABBED." / "The parties are required to attend mediation prior to attending any hearing for 2 hours or more."
Reviewer note: Cross-model verified (accordion + PDF veins) 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, partially-anchored): 2 bullet(s) quoted whole from the live page, sha256 8aa51a7d019ffb6a52719146c89e33bd38a99c455408ee8974a70baaa8ff4f1b; the prior summary-class text is superseded.]
3 verbatim courtroom requirements from Judge Mark R. Wolfe's published division procedures.
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.
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