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16 verbatim mandatory provisions from 26-11.
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 Petition shall be in compliance with section 790.401(2)(e)-(g), Florida Statutes. • Petitions for Risk Protection Order shall be assigned to the Mental Health Division in both Brevard County and Seminole County, and shall be assigned an “MH” case number. -- 1 of 3 -- 2 IV. • All Petitions for Risk Protection Order shall be filed electronically via the statewide e-filing portal. • A Petition for Risk Protection Order filed in Brevard County shall include BrevardRPO@flcourts18.org and BrevardDCR@flcourts18.org in the service list. • A Petition for Risk Protection Order that includes a request for a Temporary Ex Parte Risk Protection Order shall be presented to the presiding judge as soon as possible when filed. • The presiding judge shall review the Petition and hold a Temporary Ex Parte Risk Protection Order hearing on the day the Petition is filed or on the business day immediately following the day the Petition is filed. • The hearing shall be conducted by telephone or other electronic means, unless the presiding judge has specifically directed an in-person hearing. • The presiding judge shall be assigned on a rotating basis from among the judges assigned to handle Mental Health cases. • The administrative judge for the Mental Health Division shall maintain the rotation schedule and notify the clerk of the scheduled rotation. • Petitions for Risk Protection Order filed in Seminole County shall include SeminoleRPO@flcourts18.org and SeminoleDCR@flcourts18.org in the service list. • If a Petition for Risk Protection Order filed in Seminole County on a weekday includes a request for Temporary Ex Parte Risk Protection Order, it shall be presented to the business duty judge either on the day the petition is filed or the following day. • The business duty judge shall review the petition and hold a Temporary Ex Parte Risk Protection Order hearing pursuant to section 790.401(4)(d). • If a Petition for Risk Protection Order filed in Seminole County after close of business day on Friday and before opening of business day on Monday includes a request for Temporary Ex Parte Risk Protection Order, it shall be presented to the after-hours duty judge. • The after-hours duty judge shall review the petition and hold a Temporary Ex Parte Risk Protection Order hearing pursuant to section 790.401(4)(d). • All other hearings under section 790.401, including compliance hearings, final hearings, and hearings on a request to vacate or extend a Risk Protection Order, shall be heard in the Mental Health Division and shall be recorded. • Nothing in this Administrative Order shall be deemed to conflict with or otherwise modify the rights, responsibilities, and obligations of petitioners, respondents, the Clerk of Court, Sheriff, or the Court as provided in the Risk Protection Order Act.
The Petition shall be in compliance with section 790.401(2)(e)-(g), Florida Statutes.
Reviewer note: Document sha256: e0937e1cad223709bca6e6c261ac98b1546a0017930cf250199b40147790edb4 (133592 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.