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AO 3-42.2 implements the Florida Supreme Court's civil case management framework (SC2023-0962) in the 10th Circuit by assigning every covered civil case to one of three tracks, each with its own disposition clock.
Civil cases in Hardee, Highlands and Polk Counties subject to AO 3-42.2.
Streamlined cases — circuit civil non-jury (if agreed), all foreclosure cases, county civil jury and non-jury, small claims where the Rules of Civil Procedure have been invoked, and uncontested cases — are on track for disposition 12 months from service of initial process on the last defendant, or 120 days after commencement of the action, whichever occurs first. General cases — circuit civil jury and circuit civil non-jury — are on track for disposition 18 months from the same trigger. A party seeking complex designation must first file and serve the General Track Case Management Plan and Order, then move to declare the case complex under Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.201.
Streamlined cases will be on track for disposition 12 months from the date of service of initial process on the last defendant or 120 days after the commencement of the action, whichever occurs first. ... General Cases: will be Circuit Civil Jury cases, Circuit Civil Non-Jury cases and will be on track for disposition 18 months from the date of service of initial process on the last defendant or 120 days after the commencement of the action, whichever occurs first. ... Complex Cases: Parties seeking to have a case designated as complex must initially file and serve the General Track Case Management Plan and Order and thereafter comply with rule 1.201, Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, by filing an appropriate motion to declare the case complex.
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 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.
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.