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1 verbatim requirement on continuances.
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Unlock free →4. a showing of good cause or exigent circumstances in a properly filed motion for continuance to be heard on UMC.
Reviewer note: Source sha256: 902fa2555cc0af4bab0e49c0daf34dfcc0cf17f391cd8fdae0b3cd95b5ec6bb9. 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.