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County-wide standing order (signed by Judge Hodges as Administrative Judge, June 24, 2022) establishing motion-practice procedures in ALL Marion circuit-civil cases: 15-page memo cap absent permission; replies within 5 days of receipt of the opposing memorandum; Rule 1.380 motions need good-faith certification; motions in limine resolved without hearing unless argument is granted and must be filed at least 15 days before the trial term; non-compliance risks striking, stay, dismissal or default.
Verbatim from the hashed order: "Page limitation. Absent prior permission of the court, no party shall file a legal memorandum in excess of fifteen (15) pages in length."; "counsel shall file a reply within five (5) days of the receipt of opposing memorandum."; discovery motions require good-faith certification ("before filing a motion to compel pursuant to rule 1.380, Fla. R. Civ. P."); "Unless oral argument is requested and granted, or otherwise ordered by the court, in limine motions will be resolved without a hearing. All motions in limine must be filed no later than 15 days before the start of the trial term or the court may deny the motion as being untimely."; all original pleadings/motions/responses filed with the Clerk; time calculations per Rule 1.090; sanctions: "may result in the striking of pleadings and/or the motion(s) ... or staying further proceedings ... or dismissing the action or rendering judgment by default against the noncompliant party." Signed June 24, 2022 by Robert W. Hodges, Administrative Judge of Marion County; applies to the circuit-civil docket now held in thirds by Judges Herndon, Hodges and Youmans.
Absent prior permission of the court, no party shall file a legal memorandum in excess of fifteen (15) pages in length.
Reviewer note: Verified from live circuit5.org fetch 2026-07-20 (page/PDF hashed; verbatim quotes cross-checked).
Dallas County Standing Order Regarding Children, Pets, Property and Conduct of the Parties (Family District Courts General Orders, current edition F2026/05, revised Jan. 31, 2026 — a re-adoption of the same operative text by the current bench: Hon. Kim Brown (254th), Vonda Bailey (255th), Sandre Streete (256th), Ashley Wysocki (301st), Sandra Jackson (302nd), LaDeitra Adkins (303rd), and Andrea D. Plumlee (330th)), as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/11/2023). The order "applies in every divorce suit and every suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed in Dallas County" automatically, without request: child-disruption prohibitions, pet protection, party-conduct restraints, divorce-case property/records/insurance freezes with specific authorizations, mandatory petition attachment, and its TRO-to-temporary-injunction lifecycle.
General Order of the Civil District Courts sitting in Dallas County (signed April 6, 2020 by the thirteen civil presiding judges), as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 10/07/2023): the 25-page limit on motions and briefs with formatting floors — the instrument the individual courts' policies cite as the amended page-limit rule.