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32 verbatim requirements on proposed orders.
Tenth Judicial Circuit — Circuit-wide: Hardee, Highlands, Polk only. Practices change without notice; the court's own published text controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the published source, captured 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used. • RE: PROCEDURES FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSED ORDERS AND DISTRIBUTION OF SIGNED ORDERS • WHEREAS, it has long been the practice in this Circuit that when submitting a proposed order to a judge, pre-addressed envelopes with postage are submitted for distribution purposes, and • 5. Copies for purposes of distribution shall be submitted along with the proposed order or judgment. • UNIFORM PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRONICALLY SUBMITTING PROPOSED ORDERS THROUGH CAPS • WHEREAS, AOSC19-74 “requires judges to electronically sign orders and file them through the Portal or directly to the clerk’s case maintenance system when CAPS is available, fully-operational, and integrated with the Portal to receive proposed orders and file electronically signed orders”; and • WHEREAS, AOSC19-74 “encourages the submission of proposed orders through the [Florida Courts E-Filing] Portal to CAPS”; and • WHEREAS, the Court has been electronically signing and filing orders for some time and is ready to enable the local CAPS to accept proposed orders from the Florida Court’s E-Filing Portal; and • WHEREAS, the Court finds it necessary to establish uniform procedures and requirements for electronic submission of proposed orders through the local CAPS; and • NOW THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the below uniform procedures and requirements must be followed when electronically submitting proposed orders through the ICMS CAPS system: • 1. Proposed orders must be submitted in Microsoft Word .docx format. • 3. Font size and type, margins, and blank spacing must meet the requirements of Rule 2.520(d)(2)(A), Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration. Additionally, for proposed orders intended to be filed in the circuit court acting in its • 1. A proposed order should, whenever possible, contain only one case number. The case number should be the complete 20-character Uniform Case Number (UCN). If the proposed order contains multiple case numbers, a separate submission is required for each case number. • 3. The proposed order and all accompanying materials submitted electronically must be provided contemporaneously to all interested parties. The submitting party must select all interested parties required to participate in e-service for service of the proposed order and accompanying materials in the E-filing Portal and must select the appropriate option indicating whether the order is opposed or unopposed. The submitting party must serve all interested parties not required to participate in e-service with hard-copies of the proposed order and accompanying materials by first-class U.S. mail or facsimile transmission. • 4. Duplicate proposed orders must not be submitted by mail, fax or e-mail. • 1. Tenth Judicial Circuit Information Technology department has developed a detailed written technical guide and formatting “how-tos” related to the electronic submission of proposed orders. The technical guide and formatting “how-tos” will be posted to the Tenth Judicial Circuit Court’s website. • 2. The Tenth Judicial Circuit Court “portal banner” will include a link to any administrative order governing electronic submission of proposed orders as well as links to the Court’s technical guide and formatting “how-tos.” • I. SPECIALIZED DATE AND SIGNATURE BLOCK CODE FOR USE WHEN SUBMITTING PROPOSED ORDERS THROUGH FLORIDA’S E-FILING PORTAL IN THE TENTH CIRCUIT • Signatures and signature dates are applied to proposed orders received in the Integrated Case Management System (ICMS) via the E-Filing Portal using unique code. Therefore, in lieu of the traditional “ORDERED” date line and signature block, proposed orders should include the specialized code instead. • 3. The moving party must submit a proposed order via ICMS CAPS in compliance with • e. Obtaining an Order of Dismissal of the case; f. Filing a Joint Scheduling Stipulation for the timely progression of the case and obtaining an Order approving the Stipulation; or g. Filing a motion setting forth “good cause” for cancellation or continuation of the CMC and submitting a copy of the motion to the Judge with a proposed order. • The Court cautions all parties to avoid exparte communication with the Court. To avoid this, submission of orders (and other documents) must comply with rules 2.516 and 2.525, Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration, and all other applicable rules of court. Additionally, the attorney who submits an order is responsible for providing a sufficient number of hard copies of the proposed order along with envelopes that have been correctly addressed and stamped. Attorneys are further advised that the Florida E-filing Portal is being upgraded to allow for submission of proposed orders through the E-filing Portal. At such time as Polk, Hardee or Highlands County institutes use of the portal for submission of proposed orders, that procedure will supersede the process outlined herein for mailing or emailing proposed orders to the Court for that county. • If the ward’s residence changes to an adjacent county, the guardian must promptly inform the Court, in writing, in accordance with §744.1098(2), Florida Statutes. Pursuant to §744.1098(1), Florida Statutes, a guardian may not, without the Court’s prior approval, change the residence of the ward to a non-adjacent county or to another state. If the ward’s permanent residence is changed to any county other than Polk County, the guardian of the person or the guardian advocate must file all appropriate pleadings and proposed orders to have venue of the guardianship case transferred to the Court in the appropriate county in accordance with §744.1097(3), Florida Statutes, and Rule 5.050, Florida Probate Rules. • Unit, the party submitting the proposed order must prepare and include all documents • H. SUBMITTING AND OBJECTING TO PROPOSED ORDERS AND JUDGMENTS: • accompanied by a letter, indicating only that a copy of the proposed order has been • may submit a proposed order or judgment after certifying that he/she has made a • 2. In the event a party objects to the proposed order, the objection to the proposed • Objections to proposed orders may not be used as a substitute for a request for • 3. The judicial assistant will hold the proposed order or judgment for five (5) working • conflicting proposed orders to the judge for resolution. The judicial assistant may • 3. Drafting Orders. Attorneys should draft proposed orders promptly and the orders should fairly and adequately represent the • ruling of the court. Attorneys should promptly provide, either orally or in writing, proposed orders to opposing counsel or approval. Opposing counsel should them promptly communicate any objections and at the same time, the drafting attorney should immediately submit a copy of the proposed order to the court and advise the court as to whether or not it has been approved by opposing counsel.
RE: PROCEDURES FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSED ORDERS AND DISTRIBUTION OF SIGNED ORDERS
Reviewer note: Source sha256: . Corpus categories: PROPOSED ORDERS. Published during the 2026-07-24 completeness pass.
Division AO requires proposed orders to be submitted in Word format through the 15th Circuit Online Services System. Orders submitted online do not need a date or signature line.
3 verbatim requirements published by Palm Beach Division M on proposed orders & online scheduling.
When counsel is asked to prepare an order after a hearing, it must be drafted and circulated to opposing counsel within three working days and submitted to the Court within seven days of the hearing.