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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.
10 verbatim courtroom requirements from Judge Margaret R. Taylor's published division procedures.
Judge Taylor (under the shared County Criminal Standing Pretrial Order): continuance motions for in-custody defendants must be filed at least 48 hours before the court date to cancel jail transport, and all pleas are in person absent a pre-approved plea in absentia.