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10th Circuit: civil case management tracks — streamlined 12 months, general 18 months to disposition

High confidence· verified September 9, 2026Case ManagementFla. 10th Jud. Cir. Admin. Order No. 3-42.2 ¶ 2(a)-(c)

Summary

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.

Applies to

Civil cases in Hardee, Highlands and Polk Counties subject to AO 3-42.2.

Requirement

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.

Source of truth

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.

Official source: 10th Circuit — Administrative Orders, Division 3 (Civil)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 24, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: September 9, 2026benchpath-reverify-2026-09-08 (custody hash match) | prior: BenchPath arbitration 2026-07-22 — live fetch + sha256 custody of the order PDF; operative text read verbatim

Reviewer note: Applicability 2026-09-09 (fix program 2026-09-09, Phase 5, audit M7): specific -> universal — the row binds every court in its state/circuit/county scope and names no court, judge or division.

Small Claims County Civil Circuit Civil Foreclosure

Change history

August 6, 2026Monitor: content changed at 10th Circuit — Administrative Orders, Division 3 (Civil). Review before republishing dependent rules.
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July 31, 2026Monitor: content changed at 10th Circuit — Administrative Orders, Division 3 (Civil). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 30, 2026Monitor: content changed at 10th Circuit — Administrative Orders, Division 3 (Civil). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 29, 2026Monitor: content changed at 10th Circuit — Administrative Orders, Division 3 (Civil). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 28, 2026Monitor: content changed at 10th Circuit — Administrative Orders, Division 3 (Civil). Review before republishing dependent rules.