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1 verbatim requirement on continuances in Sharon I. Hamilton's division.
Sixteenth Judicial Circuit (Monroe County — the Florida Keys), Sharon I. Hamilton's division only. Divisional practices change without notice; the judge's own published page controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
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Unlock free →Motions for continuance must be submitted at least 5 days prior to the scheduled court date for which the continuance sought, barring exigent circumstances
Reviewer note: Source sha256: c8fe62c871b1a4ec947d648e632de65ed76a229d587bd53c2d3d694fb1eb21c7. Corpus categories folded into this record: continuance. Published during the completeness pass — the 2026-07-24 arbitration verified 67 verbatim requirements across this bench but published only 6 rules.
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.