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1 verbatim requirement on continuances.
Seventeenth Judicial Circuit — Judge Chris Brown only. Practices change without notice; the court's own published text controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
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Unlock free →Motions for Continuance: must be submitted to the Court with an attached order before the Wednesday PRIOR to Calendar Call. Counsel is required to confer with opposing counsel prior to filing a motion to continue and must state on the motion the results of the conferral. Only emergency written motions will be addressed thereafter. This applies to both defense counsel and state attorney requests. If a written continuance is granted, it is the filing attorney’s responsibility to notice the opposing counsel. If a written continuance is denied, the parties must appear at calendar call and/or Trial. Motions for continuance are highly discouraged once trial has been set and must be supported by good cause and documentation.
Reviewer note: Source sha256: 5e7bdda56994198f33e28d05ceb2da3c4aebad7b4796f4a56469f8bf65cf280d. Corpus categories: CONTINUANCES. Published during the 2026-07-24 completeness pass.
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.