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Administrative Order 2025-01 (superseding AO 2021-05) governs civil case management circuit-wide: every civil case must be assigned to the streamlined, general, or complex track no later than 120 days after commencement, with Attachment A disposition targets of 12 months (streamlined), 18 months (general), and 30 months (complex). Service of the complaint is due 120 days after filing (150-day streamlined / 180-day general extensions); new parties must be added by day 180 (streamlined) or day 270 (general).
All civil cases in Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, and St. Lucie counties. Complex-track designation follows Rule 1.201 after a general-track plan is filed by day 120.
No later than 120 days after an action commences as provided in Rule 1.050, Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, each civil case must be assigned to one of 3 case management tracks: streamlined, general, or complex.
Attachment A disposition targets: streamlined 12 months; general 18 months; complex 30 months (p. 4). Track assignment within 120 days (p. 2, quoted verbatim in requirement text). sha256 02fd1b79… verified byte-identical on live re-fetch 2026-07-24.
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.