Seventeenth Cir. — Judge Kathleen McHugh: Hearings

Source of truth

STEP 4: CONTACT JUDGE McHUGH’S JUDICIAL ASSISTANT, by email (div51@17th.flcourts.org) to request the scheduling of a hearings OVER 30 MINUTES. In the email to the Judicial Assistant, you MUST include our Court case number (not your office case number) and the names of all parties in the subject “re” line. Please send a new email for every hearing request. ALL SPECIAL SET HEARINGS GREATER THAN 30 MINUTES MUST BE COORDINATED WITH THE JUDICIAL ASSISTANT.

Official source: 17th Circuit — Court site corpus (AO archive, local rules, judiciary)
Source health: Healthy · checked September 7, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: July 24, 2026benchpath-completeness-2026-07-24

Provenance record

Source sha256: c6e1361ff0d41cdd151a53906018395a64466f124d14b96ff02f3d000ba17a3e. Corpus categories: ARGUMENT_OR_HEARING_TIME_LIMITS. Published during the 2026-07-24 completeness pass.

PIP / No-Fault Benefits Declaratory & Injunctive Relief Defamation Nursing Home & Assisted Living Small Claims Quiet Title Partition Eminent Domain Auto Accident / Negligence County Civil Construction & Liens Debt Collection Landlord/Tenant & Eviction Ejectment Circuit Civil

Change history

August 6, 2026Monitor: content changed at 17th Circuit — Court site corpus (AO archive, local rules, judiciary). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 4, 2026Monitor: content changed at 17th Circuit — Court site corpus (AO archive, local rules, judiciary). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 3, 2026Monitor: content changed at 17th Circuit — Unified Family Judges. Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 2, 2026Monitor: content changed at 17th Circuit — Unified Family Judges. Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 1, 2026Monitor: content changed at 17th Circuit — Unified Family Judges. Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 31, 2026Monitor: content changed at 17th Circuit — Unified Family Judges. Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 30, 2026Monitor: content changed at 17th Circuit — Unified Family Judges. Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 29, 2026Monitor: content changed at 17th Circuit — Unified Family Judges. Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 27, 2026Monitor: content changed at 17th Circuit — Unified Family Judges. Review before republishing dependent rules.

Seventeenth Cir. — Judge Kathleen McHugh: Hearings

Summary

Applies to

Source of truth

Change history

Related rules

Eighteenth Cir. — Judge Michael Rudisill: Hearing & argument time

Thirteenth Cir. — Judge Jessica G. Costello: Hearing & argument time

First Cir. — Judge Matt Gordon: Hearings & scheduling (practice preferences)

First Cir. — Judge David Oberliesen: Hearings & scheduling (practice preferences)

Requirement