20 verbatim requirements from Eleventh Circuit administrative order 79-41.
Eleventh Judicial Circuit (Miami-Dade). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the operative section of Eleventh Circuit administrative order 79-41, harvested 2026-08-02; whitespace normalised only. • No file or pleading shall indicate the name of a judge. • All assignments will be made by section in accordance with the blind filing system. • Proceedings will be filed at the Filing Desk in the Probate Division, located on the third floor of the Courthouse, in the same manner as heretofore filed in the County Judge’s Court. • A list of all cases and assignments will be posted on the bulletin board in the clerk’s Office each morning before 9:00 A.M. in order that attorneys may be advised of the section to which cases have been assigned from the prior day filings. • Estates and guardianships involving immediate members of the same family shall, upon request to the Clerk, be assigned to the same section or may later be transferred to the section having the earlier filed case. -1- II. • After the initial assignment of cases to the individual section by the Clerk by the blind filing system, there shall be no transfer of cases from one section to another, except as follows: • The transferring Judge shall instruct the Clerk to place the case upon the calendar of the Administrative Judge for the following day for the following day for reassignment. • If it appears in the best interest of justice that a speedy transfer be made, the transferring Judge shall immediately send the file to the Administrative Judge who shall take the proper action as soon as practicably possible. • Cases may be reassigned by the Administrative Judge of the Division for cause after notice. • Any person entitled to remove a court file shall sign a card indicating the case number, their name, office address and telephone number. • The Section Judge may grant permission for removal of the file on the same card. • Attorneys will restrict their appearances before the Judges at Ex Parte time to those matters requiring some explanation to the Judge by the attorney. • Attorneys will use Ex Parte slips in all Ex Parte matters not personally presented to the Judge. • These Ex Parte slips shall provide any explanation necessary to aid the Court and shall include the name of the attorney of record actually handling the case and his phone number. • The Ex Parte slip will also advise the Clerk of the number of conformed or certified copies desired by the attorney. • Attorneys shall attach to the Ex Parte slip self- addressed, stamped envelopes for the mailing of certified or conformed copies of pleadings to themselves and other counsel. • If certified copies are required, the proper fee should also be submitted. • When a petition is filed with the Court for the appointment of a voluntary guardian of the property pursuant to F.S. 744.341, the petition shall allege, in addition to the statutory requirements, the physical residence of the petitioner. • After filing and assignment to a particular division, the Judge thereof shall designate and appoint the physician to perform the mental examination required pursuant to the statute. • The petitioner or the guardian of the property shall be responsible for payment of the examining physician’s fee. -3- VII.
No file or pleading shall indicate the name of a judge.
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18 verbatim requirements from 5th Jud. Cir., M-2018-65 — sha256-hashed 2026-07-25.
13 verbatim requirements from 5th Jud. Cir., Interpreter Services – English — sha256-hashed 2026-07-25.
25 verbatim mandatory provisions from AO 2022-004.