Judge Nicholas Lopane: Judge preferences — Broward County, FL

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Please do not contact the Judicial Assistant when a proposed Order has been rejected. You can either set the matter for hearing to address with the Court or, once you are in compliance, you can re-submit to the CMS proposed order portal along with a cover letter, and all required supporting documents with efiling reference numbers on the face of the document, shall be uploaded as supporting documents as “other attachments” to the submission of the proposed order.

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Seventeenth Cir. — Judge Nicholas Lopane: Judge preferences

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