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3 verbatim requirements from 12.003 26-2 - County Judges-Temporary and Special Assignment Circuit Court.
Sixteenth Judicial Circuit (Monroe). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
• In those instances when a resident circuit court judge is unavailable in the main courthouse or a branch courthouse or in emergency situations any county court judge shall have the authority to conduct emergency circuit court hearings that may be presented in any division; a. For the purposes of this order, emergency circuit division hearings shall be defined as those non-routine matters which, by their nature, require the immediate action by a judge to prevent physical harm, property damage or hardship and which are of such a critical nature that the swift intervention by the court is deemed necessary (See also Administrative Order 2.007, In re: Duty Judges/Emergencies and its amendment Administrative Order 2.007/03-1); • All counterclaims, cross claims, amended claims or third party actions filed in a county court action for which the amount in controversy exceeds the jurisdiction of the county court, or for which the relief sought is not cognizable in county court, shall be transferred to the appropriate division of the circuit court for disposition. Prior to transfer to the circuit court, the county court shall first determine upon its own motion ex parte or upon motion of any party, with or without hearing, whether the county court claim, in the furtherance of convenience to the parties or to avoid prejudice, should be retained in the county court and not transferred with the circuit court counter claim, cross claim, amended claim, or other circuit court claim; a. A uniform order of transfer, copies of which are attached hereto, shall be used by the affected county court judge to fully eITectuate and implement this order. • In those instances when a circuit court judge is unavailable in the main or a branch courthouse, any county court judge who is on location shall have the authority to conduct felony arraignments;
In those instances when a resident circuit court judge is unavailable in the main courthouse or a branch courthouse or in emergency situations any county court judge shall have the authority to conduct emergency circuit court hearings that may be presented in any division; a. For the purposes of this order, emergency circuit division hearings shall be defined as those non-routine matters which, by their nature, require the immediate action by a judge to prevent physical harm, property damage or hardship and which are of such a critical nature that the swift intervention by the court is deemed necessary (See also Administrative Order 2.007, In re: Duty Judges/Emergencies and its amendment Administrative Order 2.007/03-1);
Reviewer note: PDF sha256: c418e464b0ba0155d77358ff02f2e871ea9d85b7aafad4cd6003a8e1ea5f9b1e. Read from the ORDERED section as numbered paragraphs. Verbatim from the operative section of https://e7tb82hwrcn.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/administrative-orders/Section%2012%20Special%20Assignment%20Orders/12.003%2026-2%20-%20County%20Judges-Temporary%20and%20Special%20Assignment%20Circuit%20Court.pdf, harvested 2026-08-02; whitespace normalised only. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]
9 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-10.
6 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-13.