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10 verbatim mandatory provisions from 08-12-s.
Eighteenth Judicial Circuit. Check the order's own effective and rescission dates before relying on it. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the order's own text layer, harvested 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used. Only sentences containing mandatory language (shall, must, may not, no later than, within N) are reproduced — the full document is in custody and is the controlling text. • ADMINISTRATIVE RULES – EMERGENCY COURT OPERATION PROCEDURES FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY ______________________________________________________________________ WHEREAS, Florida Rules of Court (Rule 2.215) provides that the chief judge “shall exercise administrative supervision over all courts within the judicial circuit in the exercise of judicial powers and over the judges and officers of the court” and "shall develop an administrative plan for the efficient and proper administration of all courts within that circuit", which includes “the attendance of prosecutors, public defenders, clerks, bailiffs, and other officers of the courts;” and, WHEREAS, emergency procedures for court operations during named hurricanes and other natural disasters will increase the efficiency of jury management and will provide better coordination of first appearances and arraignments; and, WHEREAS, emergency procedures will improve communication and the sharing of information among various state, county, municipal agencies and constitutional officers; • Upon any impending threat of a named hurricane or natural disaster, the Chief Judge (or his/her designee) shall have the duty and discretion to activate emergency procedures and practice for the court and shall update the media and all judicial agencies of the court’s intentions concerning court closures. • Upon activation, the Clerk of the Court shall provide the Chief Judge (or designee) with all contact information (phone numbers and addresses) for the designated first appearance clerk, a backup first appearance clerk, or other designated clerk personnel for necessary court functions. -- 1 of 2 -- 2 2. • The jury venire shall be postponed or cancelled if the courts are closed. • The Chief Judge (or designee) shall notify the Clerk of the Court (or the clerk’s designee) and order the jury venire to be cancelled. • The Clerk of the Court (or clerk’s designee) shall notify all jurors of the postponement or cancellation and the rescheduled reporting date. 3. • First appearances shall be conducted by the duty judge at 9:00 AM at the county jail on day(s) when the court is closed. • The duty judge shall be responsible for court operations at the jail and may modify, cancel or reschedule first appearances as the situation requires or dictates. 4. • In-custody felony arraignments shall be conducted at the county jail when the court is closed, weather permitting as determined by the Chief Judge. • Out-of-custody felony arraignments, and any in-custody felony arraignments that have been cancelled, shall be rescheduled by the clerk as directed by the assigned judge. 5.
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES – EMERGENCY COURT OPERATION PROCEDURES FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY ______________________________________________________________________ WHEREAS, Florida Rules of Court (Rule 2.215) provides that the chief judge “shall exercise administrative supervision over all courts within the judicial circuit in the exercise of judicial powers and over the judges and officers of the court” and "shall develop an administrative plan for the efficient and proper administration of all courts within that circuit", which includes “the attendance of prosecutors, public defenders, clerks, bailiffs, and other officers of the courts;” and, WHEREAS, emergency procedures for court operations during named hurricanes and other natural disasters will increase the efficiency of jury management and will provide better coordination of first appearances and arraignments; and, WHEREAS, emergency procedure
Reviewer note: Document sha256: d0115e477a50fd9d2f26f52724e21e977c6ab9dacefbafcf99006a1e887ccd14 (115824 bytes). BenchPath harvested this circuit itself because no research corpus existed for it. Extraction is conservative: mandatory-language sentences only, so this rule is a faithful subset of the order, never a summary of it.
A DV injunction petition is reviewed promptly; the court may issue a temporary injunction ex parte, and when it does, a full evidentiary hearing is generally set within 15 days. There is no filing fee.
Judge Lee requires a detailed emergency motion stating the issues, why an emergency hearing is necessary, and the presentation time needed — the FSC-template standard now appearing across 2026 division procedures.
Judge Thomas: an emergency motion not properly filed with the clerk will not be treated as an emergency — the clerk channel is the only emergency channel.