Local Rule 10A — Motion conferral + certification (the load-bearing one) · BenchPath

Local Rule 10A — Motion conferral + certification (the load-bearing one)

High confidence· verified August 18, 2026Local Rules17th Jud. Cir. Local Rule 10A (Sup. Ct. of Fla. approved Jan. 23, 2018)

Summary

Before setting any motion for hearing, counsel must attempt direct-communication resolution and certify a good-faith attempt to resolve or narrow the issues. Cited by nearly every Broward division-procedures document; approved by the Florida Supreme Court Jan. 23, 2018.

Requirement

Approved by the Supreme Court of Florida on January 23, 2018. Core requirement (verbatim fragments): prior to noticing a hearing the movant must make a "good faith attempt to resolve or narrow the issues contained in the motion" and include the required certification in the motion. Referenced ubiquitously in Broward division procedures (e.g., Divisions 03, 04, 12, 25, 42, 44, 62J, 60J, 61J, 71). Source PDF sha256 97fe71bd8060…

Source of truth

…good faith attempt to resolve or narrow the issues contained in the motion.

Official source: 17th Cir. — Administrative Orders hub (hosts the Broward Local Rules)
Source health: Healthy · checked September 3, 2026
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Last verified: August 18, 2026BenchPath — 17th local-rules relocation verification 2026-08-18: republished /2026/04/ PDF fetched live, sha256-matched to 2026-07-24 custody, verbatim spans re-verified

Reviewer note: | 2026-08-18: legacy path retired by the court; republished under /2026/04/. Re-verified verbatim — conferral span, January 23, 2018 approval, and certification language all present in the republished final PDF (sha256 97fe71bd8060…, byte-identical to 2026-07-24 custody).

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