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21 verbatim requirements from Santovenia, Maria de Jesus's own page on the circuit's site.
Eleventh Judicial Circuit (Miami-Dade). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
• All hearings must be specially set and are to be scheduled via courtMAP. • Video appearance is required for any participant whose testimony is necessary so the judge can administer the oath. • Please do not categorize any supporting documents as an "Exhibit ." This will cause a glitch in the system and a delay in your order appearing on the docket. • Lay persons are required to follow the Florida e-Portal instructions for e-filing and e-service of documents. • Parties wishing to submit a response to a matter must e-file said response with the Clerk of Courts and submit the response via courtMAP to chambers, at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing date. • If they find that petitioner does not qualify for indigent status, accounting fees must be paid. • From a wheel, the name of a person eligible must be obtained, then the Court will confirm if the appointment is accepted by the proposed person from the wheel, before the proposed order can be submitted via courtMAP. • If you are submitting an order on a Stipulation for Substitution of Counsel, you must submit the written consent of the client. • Additionally, the name and bar number of the substituted attorney must be included within the body of the proposed order. • On Motions to Withdraw as Counsel, you must use our form order found on our website below under "Documents." MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS: • A party seeking to obtain audio recording transcript for mental health proceedings, shall visit the following website: • If you have an Emergency Petition/Motion, it must be filed with the Clerk of Courts and appear on the case docket prior to submitting via CourtMAP. • Do not submit proposed orders related to a hearing prior to that hearing taking place. • When submitting supporting documents for your proposed order, please do not categorize any supporting documents as an " Exhibit ." This will cause a glitch in the system and a delay in your order appearing on the docket. • Please do not submit proposed orders to approve a minor settlement, please set the matter for hearing with the Guardian and GAL present via Zoom. • Motion(s) to Withdraw filed in guardianship cases with outstanding memorandum, audit findings, and/or annual reports must be scheduled at the end of the Court’s docket. • The moving party MUST coordinate the date/time with opposing counsel based on the Court's availability, which is found on CourtMAP. • Any adversary proceedings must be scheduled for a minimum of twenty (20) minutes. • Parties wishing to submit a response to a matter set on the special set calendar must e-file said Response with the Clerk of Court’s and submit the Response at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing date. • All special set cancellations must be approved by chambers as the parties will not be able to cancel a special set hearing directly through CourtMAP. • Upon the Court’s confirmation of cancellation of the special set hearing, the requesting party shall file a Notice of Cancellation via the ePortal.
All hearings must be specially set and are to be scheduled via courtMAP.
Reviewer note: Page sha256: fa47c4cc066643b4c0e1eeb0fd44808362d3f109dde6b25ddef279f0b89bb3a0. Requirements published on the judge's own page; navigation stripped before extraction. Verbatim from Santovenia, Maria de Jesus's page, harvested 2026-08-02; whitespace normalised only. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]
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