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28 verbatim mandatory provisions from 14-04-amd.
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. • If the parties and professionals desire to engage in collaborative conflict resolution they shall enter into a contractual commitment to negotiate a settlement without using the court system to decide any issues of the parties. • After a petition for dissolution of marriage is filed, if the parties are going to participate in collaborative conflict alternative dispute resolution, they must file the agreement to do so. • If the collaborative conflict alternative dispute resolution process is utilized prior to filing a petition of dissolution, the agreement must be filed when the petition for dissolution of marriage is filed. • Any material change in the information provided must be promptly updated. • Settlement issues will not be discussed at unannounced times by telephone calls or appearances at the other party’s residence or place of employment. • We shall maintain a high standard of integrity and shall not take advantage of each other or of known mistakes, errors of fact or law, miscalculations or other inconsistencies, but shall identify and correct them. • Any material change in information previously provided must be promptly updated. • We authorize our respective lawyers to fully disclose all information which, in the lawyer’s judgment, must be provided to other participants in order to fulfill this commitment. • We understand that this agreement shall remain enforceable as a contract between the parties and may be the basis for a claim against the party violating its terms in the event of termination of this process. • In such event, the collaborative lawyers shall withdraw as lawyers of record and, if required, shall consent to the substitution of litigation lawyers. • The collaborative lawyers shall cooperate in preparing the documents necessary to effectuate the parties’ agreement. • Either or both collaborative lawyers shall be permitted to appear in court to have agreed judgment(s) entered. -- 5 of 9 -- 6 LEGAL PROCESS Suspension of Court Intervention. • The parties and the lawyers agree that court intervention shall be suspended while the parties are using collaborative law procedures. • No hearing shall be set thereafter, other than to enter agreed orders and judgments or to withdraw as counsel. • A party who has decided to terminate the collaborative law process shall notify his or her lawyer in writing. • That party’s lawyer shall then give prompt written notice to the other party through his or her lawyer and the court. • All written agreements shall remain effective until modified by agreement or court order. • If the process is terminated, whether by a party or a lawyer, both lawyers shall withdraw from the representation. • If a party chooses to terminate the collaborative process by seeking court involvement, both lawyers shall withdraw from the representation. • If a party refuses to disclose the existence of information which, in the lawyer’s judgment, must be provided to other participants, or proposes to take an action that would compromise the integrity of the process, the collaborative law process must be terminated. • Notice of withdrawal of a collaborative lawyer does not necessarily terminate the collaborative law process; however, in order for the process to continue, the party whose lawyer has withdrawn must engage a new collaborative lawyer who will agree in writing to be bound by this Participation Agreement. • If the party whose lawyer has withdrawn chooses to represent himself or herself, the collaborative law process terminates and the other lawyer must withdraw. • We agree that, to the extent possible, all lawyers’ fees and expenses (including consultant's fees) incurred by both parties shall be paid in full prior to entry of a final judgment. • Although the likely outcome of a litigated result may be discussed, the threat of litigation will not be used. • However, the prohibition against either lawyer representing their client in contested matters against the other party may not be modified. • Pay any indebtedness owed by the parties by either of them prior to the date the indebtedness is due, unless agreed to specifically in writing by the parties. 35. • File any federal income tax return or amendment to any federal income tax return for any year of the marriage during the pendency of the matter without first providing a true and correct copy of such proposed return to the lawyer of record for the other party at least 14 days in advance of the proposed tender to the Internal Revenue Service. • This shall apply whether or not such filing is proposed to be by electronic methods or hard copy filing.
If the parties and professionals desire to engage in collaborative conflict resolution they shall enter into a contractual commitment to negotiate a settlement without using the court system to decide any issues of the parties.
Reviewer note: Document sha256: ec5f5b531a7156f1d2d012462350ad6be732fadf35fc5e9d9e3819f83d93ea5b (160206 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.
The Eighteenth Judicial Circuit (Seminole and Brevard) requires cover letters in PDF format and proposed orders in .docx format using DJMCA formatting codes, submitted through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal.
Florida attorneys must file court documents electronically through the statewide Florida Courts E-Filing Portal (myflcourtaccess.com). Self-represented litigants may e-file through the same portal. Local circuits layer their own formatting and routing quirks on top.
Effective June 15, 2026, every signer of a Florida court filing — attorney or self-represented — represents that "the legal authorities identified exist and are accurately cited," with express sanctions (reprimand, contempt, striking, dismissal, costs, fees) for violations. Companion order AOSC26-12 preempts ALL circuit- and judge-level AI disclosure/certification requirements.