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19 verbatim mandatory provisions from Judge Duncan Preference Page 2-5-26.
First Judicial Circuit. Check the order's own effective and rescission dates before relying on it. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the order's own text layer, harvested 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used. Only sentences containing mandatory language (shall, must, may not, no later than, within N) are reproduced — the full document is in custody and is the controlling text. • SCHEDULING CIVIL HEARINGS 1 HOUR OR LESS Any motion(s) must be filed and docketed before scheduling hearing time. • You MUST coordinate the hearing with opposing counsel and/or pro se litigant prior to submitting your request. • Efforts to coordinate the hearing must be noted on the Notice of Hearing. -- 1 of 6 -- Once the coordinated hearing time is submitted, you will receive an automatic email from “First Judicial Circuit of Florida” confirming the hearing date/time/ZOOM information. • HEARINGS OVER 2 HOURS, PLEASE EMAIL Tressie.leatherman@flcourts1.gov NOTICE OF HEARING A COURTESY COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING MUST BE PROVIDED TO THE COURT FOR THE HEARING TO BE COMPLETELY CONFIRMED AND ADDED TO THE CALENDAR. • All the information needed for the Notice of Hearing (NOH) will be provided in the OnceHub automatic email confirmation from “First Judicial Circuit of Florida”, including date/time/ZOOM information. -- 2 of 6 -- Please note this is a Santa Rosa County case, which is in CT (Central Time Zone), therefore all notices MUST be for CT. • If the scheduled hearing is via ZOOM, the ZOOM information provided in the confirmation MUST be included in the NOH. • All notices of court proceedings to be held in a public facility must contain the statement below in bold face, 14-point Times New Roman or Courier font. • Court Administration, ADA Liaison Santa Rosa County 4025 Avalon Boulevard Milton, FL 32583 Phone (850) 623-3159 Fax (850) 983-0602 ADA.SantaRosa@flcourts1.gov at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. • A courtesy copy must be provided to the Court and all participants, including any pro se party, and court reporter if one was secured. • Certificate of Good Faith Conference Before filing any motion, except as noted in paragraph c, the moving party shall confer with counsel for the opposing party in a good faith effort to resolve the issues raised by the motion, and the motion shall contain a statement certifying that the moving party has conferred with opposing counsel and that counsel have been unable to agree on the resolution of the motion (the “Certificate”). -- 3 of 6 -- a. • The certificate shall set forth the date of the conference, the names of the participating attorneys, and the specific results achieved. • It shall be the responsibility of counsel for the movant to arrange for the conference. • No conference, therefore no certificate, is required for appropriate ex-parte motions, uncontested motions, judgment on the pleadings, summary judgment, or other dispositive motions. d. • All proposed orders must include the last paragraph (before DONE and ORDERED) the following statement: • FORECLOSURE CASES All originals documents (i.e.. note and mortgage) must be filed with the Clerk of Courts Prior to scheduling a Motion for Summary Judgment or Non-Jury Trial in a foreclosure case. • Please wait until 1-2 days prior to the hearing to file the proposed Final Judgment. see PROPOSED ORDERS Non-Jury Trials for Foreclosures Once a Notice for Trial is filed, you may schedule via OnceHub. • After scheduling you must e-file a proposed Order Scheduling Non-Jury Trial, including the date/time/ZOOM information provided in the email confirmation. • Please wait until 1-2 days prior to the hearing to file the proposed Final Judgment. see PROPOSED ORDERS TRIALS Setting a Civil Jury/Judge Trial Please file a Notice for Readiness for Trial once the case is ready to be set for a Jury/Judge trial. • All parties must have their calendars available during the Case Management Conference in order to coordinate a trial date.
SCHEDULING CIVIL HEARINGS 1 HOUR OR LESS Any motion(s) must be filed and docketed before scheduling hearing time.
Reviewer note: Document sha256: 9c61580c18e11f8f800b00971447d23955da1645290d2e4abff5e415efb8ab95 (498088 bytes). BenchPath harvested this circuit itself because no research corpus existed for it. Extraction is conservative: mandatory-language sentences only, so this rule is a faithful subset of the order, never a summary of it.
Most hearings set for 30 minutes or less are conducted by Zoom in CV-A; the setting order/notice prevails. Telephonic appearance is allowed if opposing counsel doesn't object — request it when scheduling.
In CV-B the parties agree whether attendance is Zoom or in person; hybrid is permitted, and the Notice of Hearing must state Hearing Room 701 with the division's published Zoom ID (275-150-7351).
In CV-C, appearing by Zoom is a privilege (log in five minutes early; Court hosts); presenting testimony remotely — any hearing or non-jury trial, any length — requires a written motion showing good cause under Rule 2.530(b)(2).