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1 verbatim requirement on continuances.
Seventeenth Judicial Circuit — Judge Francis Viamontes only. Practices change without notice; the court's own published text controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
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Unlock free →An agreed Motion to Continue must be submitted to the Court as a supporting document with the order THROUGH THE CMS WORKBENCH by Tuesday at 3:00pm before the Calendar Call. If the Motion to Continue is not agreed to, it must be set for hearing or handled at the time of the Calendar Call. If a written continuance is granted, the Attorneys will be given a new calendar call date. If a written continuance is denied, the parties must appear at the calendar call.
Reviewer note: Source sha256: 00d89891e2cb64eb84031541d162cdb6278ec703aa5419705531d60e32d4ee9b. 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.