12th Cir. — 2006-04.2 Judicial Annual Leave 2 · BenchPath

12th Cir. — 2006-04.2 Judicial Annual Leave 2

High confidence· verified August 2, 2026Administrative Orders12th Jud. Cir., 2006-04.2 Judicial Annual Leave 2 — sha256-hashed 2026-08-02

Summary

2 verbatim requirements from 2006-04.2 Judicial Annual Leave 2.

Applies to

Twelfth Judicial Circuit (Manatee, Sarasota, DeSoto). Procedural information only; not legal advice.

Requirement

Verbatim from the operative section of https://www.jud12.flcourts.org/Portals/0/AdminOrders/Section02/06-04-02.pdf, harvested 2026-08-02; whitespace normalised only. • Circuit court and county court judges are expected to take no more than 30 working days of annual leave. For the purposes of this administrative order, "annual leave" means "time away from judicial duties to provide opportunities for rest, relaxation and personal pursuits." Annual leave does not encompass sick leave, educational leave, military leave, leave to serve on court committees or other leave in the furtherance of justice. The taking of annual leave shall not interfere with the efficient administration of a judicial officer's docket. • Unused judicial annual leave does not accrue from year to year. No judge shall be entitled to be paid for those hours of judicial annual leave not taken within a calendar year.

Source of truth

Circuit court and county court judges are expected to take no more than 30 working days of annual leave. For the purposes of this administrative order, "annual leave" means "time away from judicial duties to provide opportunities for rest, relaxation and personal pursuits." Annual leave does not encompass sick leave, educational leave, military leave, leave to serve on court committees or other leave in the furtherance of justice. The taking of annual leave shall not interfere with the efficient administration of a judicial officer's docket.

Official source: 12th Circuit — Administrative Orders (all on one page)
Source health: Healthy · checked August 1, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: August 2, 2026benchpath-12th-2026-08-02

Reviewer note: PDF sha256: a132a939ac168db3fbf3cb01f446de7db34f799bfa268c8ae4ff6079defbf720. Read from the ORDERED section as numbered paragraphs.

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