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Zoom Free Under 30 Minutes; Hearings Cannot Be Cancelled Without the Court — Division CV-F

Medium — verify before relying· verified July 5, 2026Remote / Zoom Hearings4th Jud. Cir., Div. CV-F Judicial Practices & Procedures (updated Apr. 29, 2026), § B, E

Official rule; awaiting reverification against the current source text. Verify with the clerk, judicial assistant, or official court website before relying on it.

Summary

Judge Daniel allows phone/Zoom for non-evidentiary hearings of 30 minutes or less without permission — but longer or evidentiary matters need leave 5 days ahead, ex parte hearings are suspended, and no set hearing may be cancelled without the Court's consent.

Applies to

Florida > Fourth Judicial Circuit > Duval County > Circuit Civil Division CV-F (Judge James H. Daniel)

Source of truth

"The Court allows attorney(s) and parties to appear telephonically or by Zoom for non-evidentiary motion hearings consisting of thirty (30) minutes or less without permission from the Court." / "Once a hearing is set, it may NOT be cancelled without the consent of the Court." / "Ex parte hearings are currently suspended for Division CV-F."

Official source: Div. CV-F Judicial Practices & Procedures (Judge Daniel) — PDF
Source health: Healthy · checked October 24, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: July 5, 2026Live fetch + sha256 of official PDF — 2026-07-05

Reviewer note: Verified against the live official source on 2026-07-05. 30-day recheck scheduled. Confidence set to medium 2026-09-08 (H3 re-verification): the live official document no longer carries this text verbatim — see the open change_detected task on its source. The official page changed after this rule's verification: on 2026-10-13 the recorded source passage no longer appeared on https://www.jud4.org/getContentAsset/17689bec-2654-4812-bb2f-df5d4de8b876/135b97c9-84fa-4e82-b956-0fbccec4aa1f/2026-CV-F-Procedures.pdf?language=en (automated verbatim check, window match 41%). Confidence lowered to medium until the rule is re-read against the current text.

Circuit Civil

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