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The Eighteenth Judicial Circuit (Seminole and Brevard) requires cover letters in PDF format and proposed orders in .docx format using DJMCA formatting codes, submitted through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal.
Florida > Eighteenth Judicial Circuit > Seminole and Brevard Counties
Verbatim from the division's live instruction page (https://flcourts18.org/e-filing-instructions/), harvested 2026-08-04; each bullet is quoted whole from the page, whitespace normalised only. • Cover letters must be submitted in . pdf format . The proposed orders must be in . docx format using DJMCA formatting codes. • Login to the Florida courts e-filing portal and click the “E-filing map” icon then follow further instructions.
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Cover letters must be submitted in ".pdf format"; proposed orders must be in ".docx format using DJMCA formatting codes" ... "Login to the Florida courts e-filing portal and click the 'E-filing map' icon then follow further instructions."
Reviewer note: Verified against the live official page on 2026-07-04. 30-day recheck scheduled. | 2026-08-03: the source (rendered DOM (headless Chromium)) no longer contains this rule's quoted text; dropped to medium pending re-composition against the current version. [RECOMPOSED VERBATIM 2026-08-04 (campaign wave, fully-anchored): 2 bullet(s) quoted whole from the live page, sha256 8dbae4c5d1d45063ac462b700aaeb62f8bacb373e6d294f803a2e4d601a811ca; the prior summary-class text is superseded.]
Judge Costello's AI section simply restates amended Rule 2.515(d)(2) — the post-AOSC26-12 statewide standard — a compliance model, not a local mandate: signers certify cited authorities exist and are accurately cited, with the rule's own sanctions.
The strongest in-the-wild confirmation of the 2026 statewide AI rule: Judge Bantner's page expressly states his prior AI requirements are REMOVED because of the May 28, 2026 amendment of Rule 2.515 — signing a filing now itself certifies the authorities exist and are accurately cited.