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1 verbatim requirement on continuances.
Seventeenth Judicial Circuit — Judge Corey Amanda Cawthon only. Practices change without notice; the court's own published text controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
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Unlock free →You must contact opposing counsel to determine if they have an objection prior to filing a Motion for Continuance. The Motion must be filed with the Clerk of Court, and a copy with a proposed order, sufficient copies to conform and self-addressed, stamped envelopes must be delivered to the Judge. If the continuance is agreed to by all of the parties, please submit an Agreed Order to the Judge. If the opposing party objects to the continuance, then it will be necessary to set a hearing on the Motion. The Court will not automatically accept a joint or agreed to Motion for Continuance of a Pretrial Conference, Calendar Call, or Trial. Rather, the Court will evaluate each motion on a case by case basis.
Reviewer note: Source sha256: 2c03ef7a487e13e36dd966990ac523542c16c9cf6dda948623dd70647583e7df. 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.