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3 verbatim requirements extracted from 14975-01__2025-09.pdf, across 2 topics.
Nineteenth Judicial Circuit (Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, St. Lucie). Check the order's own effective and rescission dates before relying on it. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the order, captured 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used anywhere in this chain. PROPOSED ORDERS • ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2025-09 (Superseding Administrative Order 2024-02) RE: ADULT DRUG COURT PROGRAMS WHEREAS, the purpose of an Adult Drug Court Program is to provide a valuable alternative to prosecution for eligible defendants identified as having a substance use disorder by emphasizing treatment and rehabilitation while also requiring offender accountability; and WHEREAS, sections 948.08(6) and 397.334, Florida Statutes, allow for the establishment of treatment-based drug court programs to include both a pretrial treatment-based drug court component as authorized by section 948.08(6), Florida Statutes, and a post-adjudicatory treatment- based drug court component as a condition of probation or community control pursuant to sections 948.01, 948.06, or 948.20, Florida Statutes. WHEREAS, the Florida Supreme Court has adopted the Florida Adult Drug Court Best Practice Standards which are intended to clearly define the practices that adult drug courts should implement to adhere to evidence-based principles that have been shown to improve overall court outcomes; NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to the authority of the Chief Judge under section 43.26, Florida Statutes, and Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.215, effective immediately, it is hereby: ORDERED as follows: I. General Provisions • 4 V. Previous Administrative Order Superseded This Administrative Order replaces Administrative Order 2024-02 and shall remain in full force and effect until further order of the Chief Judge. DONE AND ORDERED at Ft. Pierce, St. Lucie County, Florida, this ___ day of D ecember, 2025. _________________________________ C HARLES SCHWAB, CHIEF JUDGE C opies to: Judicial Partners 16th CASE MANAGEMENT • A. Florida’s Adult Drug Court Best Practices Standards are hereby adopted and, to the extent practical and possible, shall be implemented and utilized by the Circuit’s Adult Drug Court (ADC) program. Nothing in the Florida Adult Drug Court Best Practices Standards shall supersede any rights afforded to a defendant by the United States Constitution, Florida Constitution, or Florida Statutes. B. Entry into ADC is voluntary and subject to availability of funds for both pretrial and post- adjudicatory components. C. Court Administration staff will facilitate the process by which a defendant is evaluated; coordinate the treatment of defendants; assist the court in managing caseload; compile statistics; prepare the cases scheduled on the docket ; and perform other case management functions as required. D. A defendant's progress in ADC shall be monitored by the ADC judge with input from the problem-solving team compris ed of court coordinators, prosecutors, defense attorneys, treatment professionals, law enforcement officers, and corrections personnel. E. Each defendant in ADC must regularly return to court for judicial reviews. The purpose of judicial reviews is to assess the defendant's participation in treatment, monitor the overall
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2025-09 (Superseding Administrative Order 2024-02) RE: ADULT DRUG COURT PROGRAMS WHEREAS, the purpose of an Adult Drug Court Program is to provide a valuable alternative to prosecution for eligible defendants identified as having a substance use disorder by emphasizing treatment and rehabilitation while also requiring offender accountability; and WHEREAS, sections 948.08(6) and 397.334, Florida Statutes, allow for the establishment of treatment-based drug court programs to include both a pretrial treatment-based drug court component as authorized by section 948.08(6), Florida Statutes, and a post-adjudicatory treatment- based drug court component as a condition of probation or community control pursuant to sections 948.01, 948.06, or 948.20, Florida Statutes. WHEREAS, the Florida Supreme Court has adopted the Florida Adult Drug Court Best Practice Standards which are
Reviewer note: Document sha256: 155873a103e336eb2e2fbfb32ff0c58f819eab8ecec6aafd3bebd5c73938935a. One rule per order rather than per topic, so an order's requirements stay together. Published during the completeness pass.
Division AO requires proposed orders to be submitted in Word format through the 15th Circuit Online Services System. Orders submitted online do not need a date or signature line.
3 verbatim requirements published by Palm Beach Division M on proposed orders & online scheduling.
When counsel is asked to prepare an order after a hearing, it must be drafted and circulated to opposing counsel within three working days and submitted to the Court within seven days of the hearing.