3986-01__2017-15.pdf: published requirements — St. Lucie County, FL

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HEARING TIME & ARGUMENT LIMITS • Honorable Victoria L. Griffin: All Juvenile Dependency and Delinquency Cases including Detention and Shelter Hearings daily; All Probate and Guardianship Cases; Felony, Delinquency and Dependency Drug Court Cases; All CINS/FINS Cases; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Cases; Member of the Indian River County Children’s Services Council • Honorable Barbara W. Bronis: All Juvenile Dependency and Delinquency Cases including Detention and Shelter Hearings daily; All Civil Non -Jury Cases (from time of filing), excluding Residential Mortgage • Honorable Laurie E. Buchanan: All Civil Cases; All Probate and Guardianship Cases; Assist with Felony Cases; All Juvenile Dependency Cases including Shelter Hearings daily; Assist with St. Lucie County Residential Foreclosure Cases • Honorable Jerald D. Bryant: All Okeechobee County Court Cases; All Juvenile Delinquency Cases, including Detention Hearings daily; Truancy Court; Felony, Misdemeanor and Juvenile Drug Court; Member of Okeechobee County Children’s Services Council • Honorable Sherwood Bauer, Jr.: 50% of Domestic Relations Cases including Injunctions for Protection (L-Z of alphabet); Assist Juvenile Division with Detention and Shelter Hearings as Juvenile Judge • Honorable Robert E. Belanger: All Non-Jury Civil Cases, including Residential Mortgage Foreclosures; Weekday First Appearance Hearings (in rotation with County Court Judges); All Veterans’ Court Cases • Honorable James W. McCann: All Juvenile Dependency and Delinquency Cases including Shelter and Detention Hearings daily; Member of St. Lucie County Children’s Services Council • Honorable Charles A. Schwab: 50% of Domestic Relations Cases including Injunctions for Protection (A-K of alphabet); Assist Juvenile Division with Detention and Shelter Hearings as Juvenile Judge • All Circuit Court Judges assigned to St. Lucie County and Okeechobee County will be responsible, with the St. Lucie County Court Judges, for Weekend/Holiday First Appearances, Shelter Hearings, and Detention Hearings in St. Lucie County. • All Circuit Court Judges assigned to Indian River County will be responsible, in rotation with Indian River County Judges, for Weekend/Holiday First Appearances and Shelter Hearings in Indian River County. • All Circuit Court Judges assigned to Martin County will be responsible, in rotation with Martin County Judges, for Weekend/Holiday First Appearances and Shelter Hearings in Martin County. • All Circuit Court Judges assigned to Martin County and Indian River County will be responsible, in rotation with the Okeechobee County Judge, for Weekend/Holiday First Appearances and Shelter Hearings in Okeechobee County. Any County Court Judge in Martin and Indian River County may choose to assist with the Weekend First Appearances and Shelter Hearings in Okeechobee County.

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Honorable Victoria L. Griffin: All Juvenile Dependency and Delinquency Cases including Detention and Shelter Hearings daily; All Probate and Guardianship Cases; Felony, Delinquency and Dependency Drug Court Cases; All CINS/FINS Cases; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Cases; Member of the Indian River County Children’s Services Council

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19th Circuit — Administrative Orders (circuit19.org)

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Healthy · checked October 24, 2026

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September 9, 2026benchpath-reverify-2026-09-08 (custody hash match) | prior: benchpath-completeness-2026-07-24

Reviewer note: Document sha256: c9d21e0c07d880f992af938062fd7a918d83a04b1e6ac2cbb8e571284fe4094e. One rule per order rather than per topic, so an order's requirements stay together. Published during the completeness pass. Verbatim from the order, captured 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used anywhere in this chain. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]

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19th Cir. — 3986-01__2017-15.pdf: published requirements

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