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6 verbatim requirements extracted from 15804-01__2026-04.pdf, across 3 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. HEARING TIME & ARGUMENT LIMITS • • County and circuit criminal proceedings that are evidentiary or dispositive, including trials, plea hearings, sentencing hearings, and probation violation hearings; • Juvenile delinquency proceedings, including adjudicatory, detention, and disposition hearings; • Juvenile dependency proceedings, including shelter, adjudicatory, and disposition hearings; • Children in Need of Services and Families in Need of Services proceedings, including truancy; • Termination of parental rights proceedings; • Adoption proceedings under Florida Statutes Chapter 39; • Civil injunction proceedings, including domestic violence, stalking, repeat violence, sexual violence, dating violence, and injunctions for protection against exploitation of a vulnerable adult; • Risk Protection Order proceedings; • Baker Act and Marchman Act proceedings; • Criminal contempt proceedings, including criminal contempt arising from civil cases; • Guardianship proceedings that are evidentiary or dispositive, including adjudications of incapacity, appointment of guardians, modification or termination of guardianship, and restoration of capacity; and • Evidentiary hearings before general magistrates and hearing officers, except proceedings before civil traffic infraction hearing officers. All such proceedings shall be digitally recorded using the OpenCourt recording platform , or such other technology that the Court may decide to use. The Chief Judge shall retain ownership of the complete verbatim digital record for each proceeding. 2. Use of Approved Court Reporters and Transcriptionists All court-required reporting and transcription services shall be performed only by approved court reporters or approved contractual typists/transcriptionists designated by the Court Reporting Services Office. Nothing in this Order shall be construed to require the automatic preparation of transcripts. Transcripts shall be prepared only upon request, upon order of the court, or as otherwise required by law. The cost for preparation of transcripts shall be governed by applicable law or as otherwise set forth in this Order. No other person or vendor may prepare an official transcript for use in judicial proceedings unless specifically authorized by the Chief Judge or designee. 3. Court Reporter Qualifications • Judges and hearing officers shall notify participants of the recording method in use and remind all persons to speak clearly for the record. Attorneys must advise clients of recording conditions and take reasonable precautions to prevent disclosure of conf idential communications. Court deputies shall prevent tampering with equipment and unauthorized microphone use. • be given the option to provide reporting and transcription services for those depositions. Depositions remain discovery proceedings governed by Rule 2.535(b) and (c). The parties are not required to use the appointed capital-case reporter for depositions, though it is encouraged for continuity, and no provision of this order requires reporting of depositions at public expense. If the parties elect to use the designated reporter, they must engage the reporter directly and comply with all statutory requirements regarding payment for deposition reporting and transcription. 9. Juvenile Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Transcription of hearings for appeals in juvenile dependency and termination of parental rights cases shall be given priority, consistent with Rule 2.215(g). 10. Preventing Recording of Confidential Communications • 7 13. Prior Orders Superseded Administrative Orders 2001-02, 2001-19, and 2016-01 are hereby revoked and superseded. DONE AND ORDERED in Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Florida, this 16th day of February 2026. _____________________________ Charles A. Schwab Chief Judge C opies to: All Circuit and County Judges Court Administration Clerks of Court General Magistrates and Hearing Officers Judicial Partners PROPOSED ORDERS • WHEREAS, Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.535 requires each chief judge to develop and implement a circuit -wide plan for court reporting services, ensuring that all proceedings required to be reported at public expense are properly recorded and available for transcription; WHEREAS, the rule further authorizes the chief judge, after consultation with the circuit and county court judges of the circuit, to adopt an administrative order establishing maximum fees for court reporting services when necessary to ensure access to the courts, supported by specific factual findings; WHEREAS, the Office of the State Courts Administrator (OSCA) has issued guidelines for the administration of court reporting programs, encouraging the use of efficient service delivery models and the employment of approved court reporters and transcriptionists to maintain accuracy, reliability, and security of the official record; NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the authority vested in the undersigned Chief Judge under Rule 2.215 and Rule 2.535, Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration, and after consultation with the circuit and county court judges of the Nineteenth Judicial Cir cuit, it is hereby ORDERED as follows: 1. Purpose and Scope The Nineteenth Judicial Circuit shall maintain a comprehensive plan for the reporting of all proceedings required to be reported at public expense. The plan provides for the digital recording and transcription of certain proceedings through the Court Reporting Services Office, operating under the supervision of the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) as further set forth herein. The plan applies uniformly to all counties within the circuit and includes both full -time employees and approved independent contractors as necessary to ensure coverage of all required proceedings. Proceedings required to be electronically recorded at public expense include, but are not limited to: EXHIBITS & EVIDENCE • All court reporting employees and contract service providers are officers of the court and shall comply with all applicable statutes, court rules, and directives issued by the Chief Judge. Court Administration shall provide program oversight to ensure compliance with contracting, performance, and confidentiality standards. Upon separation from employment or upon the conclusion or termination of a contract, all court reporting employees and contract service providers shall deliver to Court Administration all stenographic notes, audio recordings, transcripts, exhibits, and any related work product created or maintained in the course of providing court reporting services, in the manner and timeframe directed by Court Administration.
WHEREAS, Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.535 requires each chief judge to develop and implement a circuit -wide plan for court reporting services, ensuring that all proceedings required to be reported at public expense are properly recorded and available for transcription; WHEREAS, the rule further authorizes the chief judge, after consultation with the circuit and county court judges of the circuit, to adopt an administrative order establishing maximum fees for court reporting services when necessary to ensure access to the courts, supported by specific factual findings; WHEREAS, the Office of the State Courts Administrator (OSCA) has issued guidelines for the administration of court reporting programs, encouraging the use of efficient service delivery models and the employment of approved court reporters and transcriptionists to maintain accuracy, reliability, an
Reviewer note: Document sha256: 876f4797372b45166999e033820c171d06997459585c26154bdb14384079ba76. One rule per order rather than per topic, so an order's requirements stay together. Published during the completeness pass.
1 verbatim requirement published by Palm Beach magistrate 01 on hearing time & argument limits.
1 verbatim requirement published by Palm Beach magistrate 02 on hearing time & argument limits.
1 verbatim requirement published by Palm Beach magistrate 03 on hearing time & argument limits.