Zoom Is a Privilege; Remote TESTIMONY Requires Written Motion and Leave — Division CV-C

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"[T]o present testimony through Zoom or other communication technology, regardless of the duration of the hearing or non-jury trial, counsel must seek leave of Court by filing a written motion setting forth good cause... Zoom appearance is a privilege... all counsel/parties shall log in no less than five (5) minutes before the hearing."

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Div. CV-C Policies & Civil Procedures (Judge Dees) — PDF

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Healthy · checked September 3, 2026

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August 4, 2026benchpath-cw-2026-08-04

Reviewer note: Verbatim excerpts from the judge's published procedures; 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. [VERIFY WAVE 2026-08-04: order renders only inside the Duval Clerk's application and returned the loading placeholder on the final capture pass, or is a scanned image with no text layer (OCR class); custody holds the document bytes. The July-verified excerpt stands; confidence held at medium pending patient re-capture or OCR. Named reason, not a silent gap.] [RECOMPOSED VERBATIM 2026-08-04 (campaign wave, division-follow): matched the division code on the court's directory to the sitting judge's own procedure document, sha256 f12989de3f48c5865072dbddf8def5e643ec887b0c74f4362addf377fbaaa7ce; source_url repaired to the document quoted.]