5 verbatim requirements on deadlines.
Fourteenth Judicial Circuit — Streamlined only. Practices change without notice; the court's own published text controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the published source, captured 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used. • 120 days after the action is filed. See Fla. R. Civ. P. l.070U) • Deadlines for extensions to serve process upon defendants will be at the discretion of the trial judge. Generally, parties should not expect an extension of longer than 180 days from the filing of the complaint. See Fla. R. Civ. P. l.070U). • Twelve (12) months from the date of service of initial process on the last defendant or 120 days after commencement of the action as provided in rule 1.050, whichever occurs first to final disposition. • The filing shall be 120 days from the date of the service of the complaint. The hearing thereon shall occur before 180 days from the date of the service of the complaint. • The filing shall be 30 days before the Pre-Trial Conference. The hearing thereon shall occur before the Pre-Trial Conference
120 days after the action is filed. See Fla. R. Civ. P. l.070U)
Source sha256: 49b51658ac25241cff0ef8670ecd7dae5502a485eee29d3e66078eb4a461187e. Corpus categories: Service of Complaint, Service Under Extension, Anticipated Trial Date, Objections to Pleadings, Pretrial Motions. Published during the 2026-07-24 completeness pass.
10 verbatim courtroom requirements from Judge Margaret R. Taylor's published division procedures.
Judge Taylor (under the shared County Criminal Standing Pretrial Order): continuance motions for in-custody defendants must be filed at least 48 hours before the court date to cancel jail transport, and all pleas are in person absent a pre-approved plea in absentia.