Summary Judgment Timing: 40 Days / 20 Days — Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.510 · BenchPath

Summary Judgment Timing: 40 Days / 20 Days — Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.510

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Summary

Florida follows the federal summary-judgment standard. The motion must be served at least 40 days before the hearing; the nonmovant's response is due no later than 20 days before the hearing.

Applies to

Florida > All circuits > Civil cases governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure

Requirement

Serve the motion for summary judgment with supporting factual positions and record citations. Under current rule 1.510 (as amended in the 2025 reforms): the nonmovant must serve a response NO LATER THAN 40 DAYS AFTER SERVICE of the motion, and any hearing must be set for a date at least 10 days after the response deadline. The old serve-40-days-before-hearing / respond-20-days-before-hearing framework no longer applies. Summary judgment hearings are special-set — follow the division's special-set procedure and check courtesy-copy requirements.

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Serve the motion at least 40 days before the hearing date.
Support factual positions with record citations.
Calendar the nonmovant's response deadline — no later than 20 days before the hearing.
Special-set the hearing per the division's procedure and confirm courtesy-copy requirements.

Deadline engine

40 calendar days after

MSJ response 40 days after service of motion

Trigger: Service of MSJ

Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.510(c)(5) (as amended)

10 calendar days after

MSJ hearing: earliest date 10 days after response deadline

Trigger: MSJ response deadline

Runs from the computed due date of “MSJ response 40 days after service of motion”, not from the trigger above.

Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.510(c)(6) (as amended)

Computed periods follow Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.514 — always confirm holiday calendars for the specific court.

Source of truth

Official source: Florida Courts — State Courts System
Source health: Healthy · checked September 3, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: August 1, 2026benchpath-phase9-ops-2026-08-01

Reviewer note: CORRECTED Phase 9.3 (2026-08-01): prior card carried the pre-2025 timing (40 before hearing / 20 before hearing). Current 1.510(c)(5)-(6): response due 40 days after service of the motion; hearing at least 10 days after the response deadline. Verified from the Bar's 4/1/2026 Civil Rules.

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