Judge Francis Viamontes: Judge preferences — Broward County, FL

Source of truth

Parties wishing to set matters that require in excess of ten (10) minutes should request a special set hearing from the Judicial Assistant. (See Special Set Hearings section below)

Official source: 17th Circuit — Court site corpus (AO archive, local rules, judiciary)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 24, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: September 9, 2026benchpath-reverify-2026-09-08 (live text containment) | prior: benchpath-completeness-2026-07-24

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Source sha256: 00d89891e2cb64eb84031541d162cdb6278ec703aa5419705531d60e32d4ee9b. Corpus categories: SPECIAL_SET, PROPOSED_ORDERS. Published during the 2026-07-24 completeness pass. Verbatim from the published source, captured 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]

Criminal Traffic Criminal — Felony DUI / BUI Criminal — Misdemeanor Bond & Pretrial Release Domestic Violence Battery Traffic (Civil Infractions)Post-Conviction (Rule 3.850)Sealing & Expunction Violation of Probation

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