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5 verbatim mandatory provisions from S-2002-005.
Thirteenth Judicial Circuit. Check the order's own effective and rescission dates before relying on it. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the order's own text layer, harvested 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used. Only sentences containing mandatory language (shall, must, may not, no later than, within N) are reproduced — the full document is in custody and is the controlling text. • S-2002-005 VETERANS’ GUARDIANSHIP CASES WHEREAS under Chapter 744, Florida Statutes, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) and the circuit court of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit have a mutual concern for the benefit of VA beneficiaries under veterans’ guardianships; and WHEREAS it is necessary to ensure compliance with the statutory time frames established in Chapter 744; and WHEREAS it is necessary for the prompt and efficient administration of justice in this circuit that uniform procedures be adopted to ensure the best interests of VA beneficiaries; and WHEREAS these procedures shall only apply to veterans’ guardianships initiated under Chapter 744, Part VIII, Florida Statutes; it is therefore ORDERED: 1. • The additional bond or bond reduction must be presented by the guardian to the VA and the court within sixty (60) days from the date of the certification. • Bond reductions will not be directed by VA where the savings in bond premiums is outweighed by the cost of the attorneys fees to reduce the bond. 6. • If VA has not preapproved extraordinary fees in writing, the fees will not be allowed. • Attorney fees will not be reviewed by the court unless a dispute as to the fees arises.
S-2002-005 VETERANS’ GUARDIANSHIP CASES WHEREAS under Chapter 744, Florida Statutes, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) and the circuit court of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit have a mutual concern for the benefit of VA beneficiaries under veterans’ guardianships; and WHEREAS it is necessary to ensure compliance with the statutory time frames established in Chapter 744; and WHEREAS it is necessary for the prompt and efficient administration of justice in this circuit that uniform procedures be adopted to ensure the best interests of VA beneficiaries; and WHEREAS these procedures shall only apply to veterans’ guardianships initiated under Chapter 744, Part VIII, Florida Statutes; it is therefore ORDERED: 1.
Reviewer note: Document sha256: 4b423e46f32f85a16fd20a70324e80066896236d677add43d0ed761cd3432ebf (131502 bytes). BenchPath harvested this circuit itself because no research corpus existed for it. Extraction is conservative: mandatory-language sentences only, so this rule is a faithful subset of the order, never a summary of it.
The 17th Circuit's circuit-wide AI disclosure/certification mandate (Jan 2026, twice amended) was VACATED in its entirety effective June 15, 2026 by Chief Judge Phillips's AO 2026-19-Gen, expressly citing the statewide framework (AOSC26-12; Rule 2.515(d)(2), SC2026-0673). Several division procedure pages still cite the vacated order.
Every circuit-civil case reviewed within 120 days of commencement and assigned a track (complex, streamlined, or general); case management orders required; firm continuance policy; sanctions for missed deadlines. Rescinds AO 21-09.
Circuit-civil hearing-availability standards: motion calendars ~2 weeks from request; 15-30 min special sets within 45-60 days; longer special sets scale.