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36 verbatim mandatory provisions from S-2026-039.
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. • When a person is required by law or court order to deposit a specified sum of money into the registry of the court, the person making the deposit must pay the amount of the registry fee to the clerk in addition to the amount of the deposit. • Request for Clerk's Statement of Available Registry Funds Any time a party seeks an order directing the clerk to disburse funds from the court registry, prior to filing a motion, the party must request the clerk to provide a statement showing available funds in the court registry. • Motion for Disbursement of Registry Funds The party must attach a copy of the clerk' s Statement of Available Registry Funds to the motion for disbursement of funds, file and serve the motion on all parties and legal counsel for the clerk. • If the party seeking disbursement objects to the amount listed in the clerk's Statement of Available Registry Funds, the motion must identify the basis for the objection, and the motion must be set for hearing. • If the party seeking disbursement does not object to the amount listed in the clerk' s Statement of Available Registry Funds, the motion must confirm the stated amount is the proper amount of disbursement and request the entry of an order, without a hearing, if no other party files and serves a written objection within five days after service of the motion. • Change in Registry Balance If any party becomes aware of any change to the court registry balance after the issuance of the initial clerk 's Statement of Available Registry Funds, that party must obtain an updated clerk's Statement of Available Registry Funds and provide copies to the other party and to the court prior to the hearing on the motion seeking disbursement. • Disbursement Orders to Account for Clerk Fees All proposed orders submitted to the court for disbursement from the court registry must contain the phrase "less clerk fees" immediately after the total requested disbursement amount (for example, Total: $12,000, less clerk fees). • Captions After the assignment of a case to a division, all subsequent documents filed in the case must contain in the caption of the case the case number and letter of the assigned division. 9. • This provision only applies to PIP cases filed on and after October 1, 2015, and will not be applied retroactively to PIP cases filed prior to October 1, 2015. • This provision only applies to windshield cases filed on and after May 1, 2021, and will not be applied retroactively to windshield cases filed prior to May 1, 2021. • Response to Complaint A defendant must serve a response within twenty days of the date of service of a plaintiffs complaint. • Discovery Served with Complaint If a plaintiff serves a discovery request upon a defendant contemporaneously with the plaintiffs complaint, the defendant must serve its response to the discovery within forty-five days of the date of service of the plaintiffs complaint. • Required Mediation All patties are required to mediate their case(s) prior to trial. • Settlement Notification If a case settles prior to the mediation conference, a self-represented plaintiff or plaintiffs counsel must notify the circuit's County Civil Diversion Program of the settlement of the case and cancellation of the mediation conference. • Once made, any reassignment will be permanent notwithstanding that such cases may not be ultimately tried together. • Future Documents After consolidation, each pleading, document or order filed must show in the caption, the style and case number of all of the reassigned cases which have been consolidated. • Setting Motion for Hearing All motion hearings will be arranged and approved by the judge through the judge' s judicial assistant and be coordinated with all other parties prior to a notice of hearing being served. • Attorneys must not file a notice of hearing specifying the hearing on "all pending motions;" however, for purposes of case management and efficiency, a judge may set a hearing for "all pending motions." There will be no cross-noticing on hearing times unless the opposing counsel or self-represented party contacts the judge' s office and determines if the docket will accommodate hearing additional matters at the same time. • Motion Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.380(a)(2) requires that a motion to compel discovery "must include a certification that the movant, in good faith, has conferred or attempted to confer with the person or patty failing to make the discovery in an effort to secure the information or material without court action." When a motion to compel discovery complying with Rule l.380(a)(2) alleges the absence of a response or objection to discovery and there has been no request for an extension of time to Page 10 of 16 - Administrative Order S-2026-039 (Co unty Civil Division) -- 10 of 16 -- respond, the court, without a hearing, may enter an order requiring compliance with the original discovery request within ten days of the signing of the order, provided no written showing of good cause has been filed by the non-moving party. • Proposed Order Unless the presiding judge directs otherwise, if all parties are represented by attorneys, none of whom have been excused from e-mail service under Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.516, the movant' s attorney must submit to the court a proposed order through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal (Portal). • If any party is represented by an attorney who has been excused from e- mail service by the court under Rule 2.516, the movant's attorney must submit to the presiding judge sufficient hard copies of the proposed order along with stamped, addressed envelopes. • Each requested special instruction will be understandable, brief, non-argumentative, will embrace only one subject, and the principle stated in the request will not be repeated in subsequent requests. • A copy of all requested instructions will be submitted to the court at least seven days prior to trial, or such other period as the court may require. 20. • Cancellations The court must be notified immediately if the parties have resolved the issues of a matter set for hearing or trial so that the court's time can be allotted to other cases or matters. • Attorneys must cancel the hearing through the JAWS if the hearing was scheduled on the JAWS. 21. • Any judge to whom an emergency application is presented will determine whether an emergency actually exists, whether the requested relief is suitable for ex parte consideration if such a request is being made, and whether a hearing with notice to the adverse party is required pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.610. • If the judge determines that a hearing with notice is required, the hearing must be scheduled in the division in which the case is pending. • Consultation with Opposing Counsel or Party Unless the presiding judge directs otherwise, prior to submitting a proposed order for the court' s consideration after a hearing, the counsel or party submitting the proposed order must consult with opposing counsel or the opposing party within five days after the court's decision and make a genuine effort to agree on the language of the proposed order. • Timely Submission All proposed orders or judgments must be submitted to the court by the attorney or party directed to prepare the order within ten days after the court's decision. • Submission of Proposed Orders and Judgments Unless the presiding judge directs otherwise, if all parties are represented by attorneys, none of whom have been excused from e-mail service under Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.516, the movant's attorney must submit to the court a proposed order through the Portal. • If any party is represented by an attorney who has been excused from e-mail service by the court under Rule 2.516, the movant' s attorney must submit to the presiding judge sufficient hard copies of the proposed order along with stamped, addressed envelopes. • Required Statement An order must not be submitted to a judge unless the order contains one of the following: • All proposed orders based on a stipulation must be submitted as a separate document apart from the stipulation. • Objections Any attorney or party who objects to the entry of a proposed order which has been submitted to the presiding judge must immediately notify the judge' s office via telephone or e-mail. • If the objection notification is made by e-mail, the opposing attorney or party must be copied on the e-mail message. • The objecting attorney or party must submit an alternative proposed order within five days of communicating the objection.
When a person is required by law or court order to deposit a specified sum of money into the registry of the court, the person making the deposit must pay the amount of the registry fee to the clerk in addition to the amount of the deposit.
Reviewer note: Document sha256: ae43de2363d789812e760e610b1cad6187341b496a1ae384dca58da31ca9e85b (5982077 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 Eighteenth Judicial Circuit (Seminole and Brevard) requires cover letters in PDF format and proposed orders in .docx format using DJMCA formatting codes, submitted through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal.
Florida attorneys must file court documents electronically through the statewide Florida Courts E-Filing Portal (myflcourtaccess.com). Self-represented litigants may e-file through the same portal. Local circuits layer their own formatting and routing quirks on top.
Effective June 15, 2026, every signer of a Florida court filing — attorney or self-represented — represents that "the legal authorities identified exist and are accurately cited," with express sanctions (reprimand, contempt, striking, dismissal, costs, fees) for violations. Companion order AOSC26-12 preempts ALL circuit- and judge-level AI disclosure/certification requirements.