5th Circuit AO A-2024-59: Differentiated Active Civil Case Management System (DACMS)
Summary
Circuit-wide civil case management under Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.200/SC2023-0962: case-track assignment within 120 days, model CMO deadlines (fact/expert discovery 270 days streamlined / 450 days general; trial 12/18 months), strict enforcement, and express authority for individual judges to publish supplemental DACMS orders on their webpages — so the assigned judge's page must always be checked.
Requirement
Effective Jan. 1, 2025 (rescinds/supersedes A-2021-13). Key provisions verified from hashed PDF: ¶7 Case track assignment "[n]ot later than 120 days"; §D (CMO issuance): "In streamlined or general cases, the court must issue the case management order no later than 120 days after commencement of the action"; model CMO table: completion of fact and expert discovery "Within 270 days after the complaint is filed" (streamlined) / "Within 450 days after the complaint is filed" (general); trial 12 months (streamlined) / 18 months (general); §C deadlines "will be strictly enforced" unless changed by court order. Judge-supplement clause (verbatim): "Individual judges assigned to civil dockets within the Fifth Judicial Circuit ... may build upon this Administrative Order to meet the needs of their individualized courtroom policies by making and publishing their own DACMS orders on their webpage." NOTE ON AI CLAUSE: the ATTACHED MODEL differentiated CMO contains "IF ANY GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY IS USED IN PRODUCING A PLEADING OR MOTION IT MUST BE NOTED ON THE FACE OF THE PLEADING OR MOTION." — that model clause is PREEMPTED from June 15, 2026 by AOSC26-12 and is inconsistent with A-2026-13-A §2.D; the case-management deadlines themselves remain fully operative. 2026 Word versions of the DCMO and Stipulated CM Plan are posted on the Civil Case Management page.
Source of truth
Individual judges assigned to civil dockets within the Fifth Judicial Circuit ... may build upon this Administrative Order ... by making and publishing their own DACMS orders on their webpage.
- Source health
- Healthy · checked July 21, 2026
- Effective date
- December 31, 2024
- Last verified
- July 19, 2026fable5-livefetch-2026-07-20
Reviewer note: Hashed 2026-07-20 (sha256 2d0ed60b…). Arbitration correction: a prior research pass quoted the 120-day CMO sentence with Rule 1.200-style wording ("as soon as is practicable...") marked VERBATIM — the actual order text differs; BenchPath's verbatim controls.
Related rules
Mandatory Disclosure in Family Cases — Fla. Fam. L. R. P. 12.285
Parties in dissolution and most family financial cases must exchange a financial affidavit and specified financial documents within 45 days of service of the initial pleading, file a certificate of compliance, and supplement as circumstances change.
Small Claims Pretrial Conference: Appearance Mandatory — Fla. Sm. Cl. R. 7.090
Small claims cases (up to $8,000) begin with a mandatory pretrial conference where the court narrows issues and typically orders mediation. Failure to appear can result in default or dismissal.
150-Day Case Management Conference & Trial Setting — Division CV-E
CV-E runs a structured 150-day case management conference track with published CMO templates for jury, non-jury, and complex settings, plus a projected-vs-actual trial period system and 2026–2027 published trial calendars.
Family Final-Judgment Package Due 24 Hours Before Hearing — Division FZ
For dissolution/paternity finals before Judge Delgado: child-support calculations, parenting plan, parenting-class certificates, MSA, and testimony sheets must all be attached no more than 24 hours before the hearing.