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15 verbatim mandatory provisions from 20-18-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. • Such sanctions may include, but are not limited to, granting makeup timesharing in the best interests of the child, and assessing attorney’s fees and costs; and WHEREAS the court must weigh the need to protect the public health against the need to enforce particular timesharing arrangements during this COVID-19 pandemic; • Any timesharing order now in effect shall remain in full force and effect. 2. • Parties to an existing timesharing order shall comply with the terms of those orders unless modified by a court of competent jurisdiction. 3. • Each parent to an existing timesharing order is prohibited from unreasonably restricting the other parent from access to a child. 4. • Regular timesharing as set forth in any existing court order shall continue as set forth in that order; the parties shall continue to follow the calendar of the school designated in any such order notwithstanding that school attendance may have been suspended. • School closure for public health purposes will not be considered an extension of any break/vacation/holiday period or weekend. 5. • In the event the parents -- 1 of 2 -- 2 cannot agree on an alternate arrangement, the exchanges shall take place at the police station or sheriff’s office that is located closest to the school or daycare. • The closest police station or sheriff’s office shall be determined by the distance shown on Google Maps. 6. • Videoconferencing and telephone contact, as set forth in a court order, shall be honored and should be reasonably increased to “regular and consistent contact” to alleviate fears and concerns a child may be experiencing during this time. • No party shall seek emergency relief except by verified motion, based upon personal knowledge, alleging evidence of imminent harm to a child. • Mere allegations that a child may be safer in the home of one parent shall not be a sufficient basis for the establishment or modification of a timesharing order. 11. • A parent testing positive for COVID-19 shall immediately notify the other parent of the positive test. • A parent learning that a household member has tested positive for COVID-19 shall immediately notify the other parent of the positive test, though the identity of the person testing positive shall not be disclosed. 12. • All parents shall comply with “social distancing” and the general protective measures recommended by the CDC and shall encourage their children to do the same. 13. • This order shall remain in full force and effect until further order of this court.
Such sanctions may include, but are not limited to, granting makeup timesharing in the best interests of the child, and assessing attorney’s fees and costs; and WHEREAS the court must weigh the need to protect the public health against the need to enforce particular timesharing arrangements during this COVID-19 pandemic;
Reviewer note: Document sha256: d1e1122fb45473aa233a4b952f9757eab1157c5df9d01e618a4d02ef81c9f86b (98818 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 17th Circuit's circuit-wide AI disclosure/certification mandate (Jan 2026, twice amended) was VACATED in its entirety effective June 15, 2026 by Chief Judge Phillips's AO 2026-19-Gen, expressly citing the statewide framework (AOSC26-12; Rule 2.515(d)(2), SC2026-0673). Several division procedure pages still cite the vacated order.
Every circuit-civil case reviewed within 120 days of commencement and assigned a track (complex, streamlined, or general); case management orders required; firm continuance policy; sanctions for missed deadlines. Rescinds AO 21-09.
Circuit-civil hearing-availability standards: motion calendars ~2 weeks from request; 15-30 min special sets within 45-60 days; longer special sets scale.