1 verbatim requirement on deadlines.
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Unlock free →Before submitting a proposed order through the E-Filing Portal, all parties who are to be served by electronic service with a copy of the order should be added to the service recipient list if they are not already listed. Additionally, proposed orders should include a distribution list after the coded signature block which includes the recipients name and email address, or name and mailing address if the recipient is not required to or has not agreed to be served electronically. As an example:
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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.
How Florida procedural deadlines are computed: exclude the trigger day; count every day for periods of 7 days or more; for periods under 7 days, skip intermediate weekends and legal holidays; roll forward when the last day is a weekend or holiday.
Judge Siperstein requires every motion to be set within 5 days of filing and heard within 60 days, or it may be deemed abandoned.