Whether you need a stipulated order or a motion to amend the whole Case Management Plan turns on whether the extension touches any other deadline.
Civil cases in Hardee, Highlands and Polk Counties governed by a Civil Case Management Plan under AO 3-42.2.
If all parties agree to extend an individual deadline AND the extension will not affect compliance with the remaining deadlines, the parties may submit a motion and stipulated order granting the extension. If extending the individual deadline will or may affect compliance with any remaining deadline, the parties must instead move to amend the preapproved Case Management Plan. To change a trial period that has already been set, the parties must comply with Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.460.
If all parties agree to an extension of an individual deadline and the extension will not affect compliance with the remaining deadline(s), the parties may submit a motion and stipulated order granting extension of the deadline. If extending the individual deadline will or may affect compliance with a remaining deadline(s), then the parties must move to amend the preapproved Case Management Plan. ... To change an actual trial period that has been set, the parties must comply with rule 1.460, Florida Rules of Civil Procedure.
1 verbatim requirement on continuances in JEREMY I. FRANKER's division.
1 verbatim requirement on continuances.
Judge Weiss: case law and memos to chambers five business days before the hearing, and every exhibit a party intends to use listed on a notice of discovery and provided to the other side five business days out.