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5 verbatim requirements on continuances.
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Unlock free →that where discovery is sought which is in the movant’s possession, that is a circumstance where the court should almost always grant the continuance: Oftentimes…the evidence which the non-moving party could offer to create
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Florida follows the federal summary-judgment standard. The motion must be served at least 40 days before the hearing; the nonmovant's response is due no later than 20 days before the hearing.
How Florida procedural deadlines are computed: exclude the trigger day; count every day for periods of 7 days or more; for periods under 7 days, skip intermediate weekends and legal holidays; roll forward when the last day is a weekend or holiday.
Judge Siperstein requires every motion to be set within 5 days of filing and heard within 60 days, or it may be deemed abandoned.