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2 verbatim requirements on continuances.
Tenth Judicial Circuit — 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. • E. Continuances – A Motion to Continue will not be granted unless in compliance with Fla. Stat. §39.0136. Pursuant to Rule 8.240(d) of the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure, all motions for continuance shall be in writing and shall be signed by the party requesting the continuance. On a showing of good cause, the Court shall allow a motion for continuance to be made ore tenus at any time during the proceedings. All motions for continuance shall include a statement that opposing counsel has been contacted and that opposing counsel either agrees or disagrees with said continuance request. Further, the movant shall set forth a specific procedure for compliance with the Order to Appear set forth in § 39.506(3) and Fla. R. Juv. P. 8.525(d). • 6. CONTINUANCES: No continuance will be granted unless good cause is demonstrated in writing, signed by counsel and the parties he or she represents.
E. Continuances – A Motion to Continue will not be granted unless in compliance with Fla. Stat. §39.0136. Pursuant to Rule 8.240(d) of the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure, all motions for continuance shall be in writing and shall be signed by the party requesting the continuance. On a showing of good cause, the Court shall allow a motion for continuance to be made ore tenus at any time during the proceedings. All motions for continuance shall include a statement that opposing counsel has been contacted and that opposing counsel either agrees or disagrees with said continuance request. Further, the movant shall set forth a specific procedure for compliance with the Order to Appear set forth in § 39.506(3) and Fla. R. Juv. P. 8.525(d).
Reviewer note: Source sha256: . Corpus categories: CANCELLATION/CONTINUANCE. Published during the 2026-07-24 completeness pass.
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.