2 verbatim requirements on continuances in PHOEBEE FRANCOIS's division.
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Unlock free →3. When submitting Motions and Proposed Orders. As previously stated, the court will not entertain motion(s) that have not been properly e-filed and validated by the Clerk of Courts and all copies have been distributed to all pertaining parties. All Agreed and Unopposed Orders shall be titled as such. Proposed Orders shall always be made available for the Judge’s consideration. If you are requesting a Continuance of your set hearing, please submit your request no later than 2 business days prior to the scheduled hearing.
Reviewer note: Document sha256: 1b117dc0ebbfa2dd981a7961936b5d6c0fb9e21ef87106c0d82119508807bb87. Corpus topic: CONTINUANCES. Published during the completeness pass — the audit found 2,753 verbatim requirements against 123 published rules.
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.