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13 verbatim mandatory provisions from Biography: Chase, Melanie.
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. • All communications to the judicial office must be submitted by e-mail to jennifer.biron@flcourts18.org. • The subject line must contain the case number, case name, and relevant matter (e.g., 2024-CF-001234-A– State of Florida v. • All communications with the judicial office must comply with Canon 3 of the Code of Judicial Conduct, which prohibits a judge from initiating, permitting, or considering ex parte communications and from considering other communications outside the presence of the parties concerning a pending or impending proceeding, unless authorized by law. • All parties must be copied on any e-mail directed to the judicial office, unless an ex parte communication is authorized by law. • Unsolicited Communications: • Unsolicited communications from non- parties will not be considered by the court. • All attorneys and self-represented litigants must provide an e-mail address to receive signed orders electronically, unless excused. • Hearings must be scheduled using the court’s online scheduling platform, JACS (Judicial Automatic Calendaring System). • A notice of hearing must be filed and served immediately after reserving hearing time. • All notices of hearing must contain the ADA notification required by Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.540. • Cancelling Hearings: • You must also file and serve a notice of cancellation on opposing counsel and any self-represented litigant. • Requests to use communication technology for an appearance must be made by motion. • Platform Used: • All proposed orders must be accompanied by a cover letter either (1) certifying that all parties agree to the order or (2) containing a statement identifying any disagreement of the parties as to the proposed order. • Submission Method: • Park Avenue, Sanford, FL 32771, 407-665-4227, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately on receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. • Interpreter Requests:
All communications to the judicial office must be submitted by e-mail to jennifer.biron@flcourts18.org.
Reviewer note: Document sha256: 099d8499c6a8208b000d0dc109dc0aba286c5ae58a72b80a98928d142c74bf8d (141838 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.
A DV injunction petition is reviewed promptly; the court may issue a temporary injunction ex parte, and when it does, a full evidentiary hearing is generally set within 15 days. There is no filing fee.
Judge Lee requires a detailed emergency motion stating the issues, why an emergency hearing is necessary, and the presentation time needed — the FSC-template standard now appearing across 2026 division procedures.
Judge Thomas: an emergency motion not properly filed with the clerk will not be treated as an emergency — the clerk channel is the only emergency channel.