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9 verbatim mandatory provisions from 24-04-b.
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. • The Dependency General Magistrate shall take the oath required of officers by the Constitution. • The Dependency General Magistrate shall serve without requirement of bond. • The Dependency General Magistrate shall hear such matters as are assigned by the Chief Judge of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit or by the Dependency Judge of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, for Brevard County, Florida. 3. • Such dependency matters shall be referred to the Dependency General Magistrate by an Order of Referral to Dependency General Magistrate in substantially the same form as -- 1 of 4 -- 2 Attachment “A” hereto, except that all dependency cases pending in the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit as of December 1, 2021, are hereby referred to the Dependency General Magistrate for the purpose of holding Judicial Review hearings pursuant to §39.701, Fla. • Upon conclusion of the hearing the Dependency General Magistrate shall evaluate the evidence and promptly submit a report and recommended order to the court, setting forth appropriate findings of fact. 4. • The Dependency General Magistrate shall perform all duties and have all authority granted under Rule 8.257 of the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure and current administrative orders of the Court. 6. • As required by Rule 8.257 of the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure and current administrative orders of the Court, all proceedings conducted by the Dependency General Magistrate shall be recorded by electronic means, pursuant to the provisions of Fla. • The Dependency General Magistrate is authorized to administer oaths, conduct hearings, which may include taking of evidence, and shall file a report and recommendations that contain findings of fact, conclusions of law, and the name of the court reporter, if any. • Unless already set for hearing, the Dependency General Magistrate shall assign a time for the proceedings as soon as reasonably possible after this referral is made and shall give notice to each of the parties either directly or by directing counsel or a party to file and serve a notice of hearing.
The Dependency General Magistrate shall take the oath required of officers by the Constitution.
Reviewer note: Document sha256: 37500803a1ecb8a9a8ede1d4663706d0ca9dee3ff178ad29f76acbfaa22ec684 (56164 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.