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Referrals to general magistrates and support enforcement hearing officers in Duval run through AO 1996-10, amended twelve times since. Individual magistrates are appointed by their own separate orders; the referral machinery is this one.
Applies to general magistrate and support enforcement hearing officer referrals in the Fourth Judicial Circuit, principally Duval County. Duval magistrates work by alpha range of the party surname; Clay and Nassau each have their own officers.
Administrative Order 1996-10, "Order of Referral to General Magistrates and Support Enforcement Hearing Officers," is the Fourth Circuit's standing referral framework. BenchPath confirmed its amendment history in the Duval Clerk ledger on 2026-07-22: a Ninth Amended version filed Oct. 22, 2004; an Eleventh Amended version filed Dec. 7, 2006; and a Twelfth Amended version filed Sept. 26, 2011, which is the most recent located. Individual officers are appointed by separate numbered orders rather than by this one. Confirmed appointments: Amber Donley (AO 2026-02), Patricia L. Parker (AO 2026-05), Lynn Marie Salvatore (AO 2026-07), Aaron James Irving (AO 2026-08), Amber Speers (AO 2026-16), Autumn Graham (AO 2025-01), Donna Vincent (AO 2021-25), Natalie Tuttle (AO 2020-28, and earlier AO 2017-01 as a IV-D support enforcement hearing officer), and K. Beth Luna (AO 2018-12, amended two days after entry). Six serving officers — Joanna Houser, Frank Akel, Leatrice Walton, Garrett Barket, Gina Stewart and Deirdre Wallace — have NO individual appointment order locatable in the ledger by surname. Their appointments may predate the digitised record or be filed under a different name form. BenchPath records them at medium confidence rather than inferring an order.
Twelfth Amended Administrative Order No. 96-10 — Order of Referral to General Magistrates and Support Enforcement Hearing Officers — 09/26/2011
The 17th Circuit's circuit-wide AI disclosure/certification mandate (Jan 2026, twice amended) was VACATED in its entirety effective June 15, 2026 by Chief Judge Phillips's AO 2026-19-Gen, expressly citing the statewide framework (AOSC26-12; Rule 2.515(d)(2), SC2026-0673). Several division procedure pages still cite the vacated order.
Every circuit-civil case reviewed within 120 days of commencement and assigned a track (complex, streamlined, or general); case management orders required; firm continuance policy; sanctions for missed deadlines. Rescinds AO 21-09.
Circuit-civil hearing-availability standards: motion calendars ~2 weeks from request; 15-30 min special sets within 45-60 days; longer special sets scale.