5 verbatim requirements on remote appearances in KATHLEEN MCHUGH's division.
Seventeenth Judicial Circuit (Broward County) — Division 51 only. Divisional procedures change without notice; the division page controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
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Unlock free →Please do not send supporting documents for an upcoming hearing to the Court by email. These may be uploaded instead through the CMS “Case Supporting Documents” feature. After setting the hearing in our online scheduling system, please efile your Notice of Hearing and include if the Court requires Zoom or in-person.
Reviewer note: Document sha256: c6e1361ff0d41cdd151a53906018395a64466f124d14b96ff02f3d000ba17a3e. Corpus topic: REMOTE_ZOOM_POLICY. Published during the completeness pass — the audit found 2,753 verbatim requirements against 123 published rules. GOOGLE DOCS VEIN: 102 of the Seventeenth Circuit's 106 division procedure documents are published as Google Docs (docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-...), not as PDFs on the court's own host. Two consecutive fetches of the same Google Doc URL return DIFFERENT bytes — Google injects per-request session config — so the document_sha256 recorded here pins one render, not a stable identity, and content-hash change detection does not work on this vein. Re-verified live 2026-07-24 by text presence instead: six sampled documents still carried 100%, 100%, 100%, 91%, 100% and 100% of their published requirements.
Most hearings set for 30 minutes or less are conducted by Zoom in CV-A; the setting order/notice prevails. Telephonic appearance is allowed if opposing counsel doesn't object — request it when scheduling.
In CV-B the parties agree whether attendance is Zoom or in person; hybrid is permitted, and the Notice of Hearing must state Hearing Room 701 with the division's published Zoom ID (275-150-7351).
In CV-C, appearing by Zoom is a privilege (log in five minutes early; Court hosts); presenting testimony remotely — any hearing or non-jury trial, any length — requires a written motion showing good cause under Rule 2.530(b)(2).