2 verbatim requirements on continuances.
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Unlock free →(c) Special Set Hearings – 15 and 30 minutes. Special Set Hearings may be scheduled online for up to 30 minutes. They are conducted in person. All pleadings must be uploaded to “Supporting Documents”. Notices of hearings, Responses, and Replies must be uploaded to “Supporting Documents” in CMS. Failure to comply with this may result in cancellation of hearing or sanctions. Additionally, all special sets require courtesy hard copies of all material to be delivered to chambers ten (10) business days before the hearing - NO TWO SIDED PAGES. Case law should be cited in the motion only. Do not email pleadings. They will not be read or received. Motions, responses, and replies for special sets may not be longer than 20 pages in length.
Reviewer note: Source sha256: d88cfdf828f59c05228bb554d7ec226e9174000ce2be9882e0e42e30aca29f6a. 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.