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6 verbatim mandatory provisions from 24-08-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. • Diversionary Mental Health Court shall be operational withing the Brevard County Court Criminal Division to hear cases involving defendant’s who are suffering from mental illness or a developmental disability arrested for misdemeanors, criminal traffic offenses, -- 1 of 3 -- 2 and/or third degree felonies, with the exception of those charged with domestic violence, driving under the influence, and sexual offenses. • Referrals for third degree felony cases shall be made contemporaneously with Early Resolution Program. • Diversionary Mental Health Court is not a substance abuse treatment court as such possession charges will not be admitted said program nor will a defendant whose primary diagnosis is substance abuse as that issue must be addressed prior to mental health intervention. 4. • Upon defendant’s diagnosis of a current Axis I mental illness or developmental disability by a mental health expert, after approval of the parties set forth above and the Mental Health Court Judge’s determination that the defendant is mentally ill, the Mental Health Court Judge shall enter an order transferring the case to Diversionary Mental Health Court and direct the Clerk to place the case or cases, including any qualifying traffic criminal cases involving the accepted defendant, on the Diversionary Mental Health Court docket. -- 2 of 3 -- 3 7. • In the event the defendant fails, for any reason, to successfully participate and complete the Diversionary Mental Health Court program, the case shall be transferred back to the original criminal division. 8. • Defendants who are accepted for participation in the Diversionary Mental Health Court, and who voluntarily agree to participate in the Diversionary Mental Health Court, shall, at the discretion of the State Attorney, enter into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement, unless charged with a violation of county probation.
Diversionary Mental Health Court shall be operational withing the Brevard County Court Criminal Division to hear cases involving defendant’s who are suffering from mental illness or a developmental disability arrested for misdemeanors, criminal traffic offenses, -- 1 of 3 -- 2 and/or third degree felonies, with the exception of those charged with domestic violence, driving under the influence, and sexual offenses.
Reviewer note: Document sha256: 1a4e38af84feb4533ecd48cb9f22a2d9411a0d71800b2f487d97e1363580245a (56228 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.