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4 verbatim requirements extracted from 4014-01__2018-02.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 • IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINETEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR INDIAN RIVER, MARTIN, OKEECHOBEE AND ST. LUCIE COUNTIES STATE OF FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2018-02 (Superseded Administrative Order 2004-01) RE: SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY AND PROCEDURES WHEREASFlorida Supreme Court Order AOSC18-6 directs each Chief Judge to adopt and implement the policy and procedures for handling sexual harassment complaints against justices and judges which was approved by the Florida Supreme Court; NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elizabeth A. Metzger, pursuant to the authority vested in me as Chief Judge of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida under Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.215, hereby order the following: 1. The Supreme Court Policy and Procedures outlined and attached to AOSC18-6 are adopted and implemented in the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida. (AOSC18-6 and the adopted policy are attached hereto and fully incorporated within as Exhibit “A”.) 2. Copies of the policy are to be forwarded to all employees of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida. 3. Administrative Order 2004-01 is superseded by this order. SIGNED AND ORDEREDon this 1stday of March, 2018, in chambers at Stuart, Martin County, Florida. _____________________________________ ELIZABETH A. METZGER CHIEF JUDGE • Supreme Court of Florida No . AOSC18-6 IN RE: SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY AND PROCEDURES FOR COMPLAINTS AGAINST JUSTICES AND JUDGES ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER The Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedures for Complaints Against Justices and Judges are approved and incorporated into the State Courts System Personnel Regulations. The policy and procedures approved herein replace and supersede the policies and procedures adopted in In re: Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedures for Complaints Against Justices, Fla. Admin. Order No. AOSC04- 07 (March 25, 2004), and In re: Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedures for Complaints Against Trial Court Judges, Fla. Admin. Order No. AOSC04-08 (March 25, 2004). The policy and procedures are attached and incorporated into this administrative order, and are effective immediately. Chief judges of the district courts of appeal and chief judges of the circuit courts are hereby directed to adopt EXHIBIT "A" • - 2 - and implement the policy and procedures in their respective courts upon issuance of this administrative order. DONE AND ORDERED at Tallahassee, Florida, on February 16, 2018. ____ __________________________ Chief Justice Jorge Labarga ATTES T: _ _____________________________ John A. Tomasino, Clerk of Court FILING & INITIATION • 5 6. Documentation and Confidentiality A ll information pertaining to a complaint of sexual harassment must be documented and maintained by the chief justice, chief justice’s designee, or the chief judge of the court in which the subject judge serves whichever officer took final action on the resolution of the complaint. All records made or received by any person pursuant to these complaint procedures are exempt from public disclosure as provided in rule 2.420(c)(3)(A), Florida Rules of Judicial Administration. Such records are exempt from public disclosure for the duration of an initial inquiry, formal investigation and resolution of the complaint, and at all times thereafter, unless the records are forwarded to the Judicial Qualifications Commission. If records pertaining to a complaint are forwarded to the Judicial Qualifications Commission, such records will be confidential under rule 2.420(c)(3)(A), and rule 23(a), Rules of the Judicial Qualifications Commission, until any formal charges against the justice or judge are filed by the Investigative Panel of the Commission with the clerk of the Florida Supreme Court. Records within the possession of any justice, judge, or court staff and pertaining to a complaint that has been forwarded to the Judicial Qualifications Commission will become public upon formal charges being filed with the clerk of the Florida Supreme Court. 7. Referral to the Judicial Qualifications Commission T he Judicial Qualifications Commission is responsible for investigating all reported instances of judicial misconduct. These procedures do not preclude the referral of a complaint against a justice or judge at any time by any person to the Judicial Qualifications Commission. If a complaint has been referred to the Judicial Qualifications Commission, no further action by the chief justice or chief justice’s designee is required. For anyone wishing to file such a complaint, the Commission’s mailing address is P.O. Box 141106, Tallahassee, Florida 32317. The Commission’s Executive Director, can be contacted by telephone at 850-488-1581 or by email at contact@floridajqc.com. 8. Referral to the Florida Commission on Human Relations or the United State Equal Employment Opportunity Commission T hese procedures do not preclude the filing of a charge of employment discrimination with the Florida Commission on Human Relations or the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINETEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR INDIAN RIVER, MARTIN, OKEECHOBEE AND ST. LUCIE COUNTIES STATE OF FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2018-02 (Superseded Administrative Order 2004-01) RE: SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY AND PROCEDURES WHEREASFlorida Supreme Court Order AOSC18-6 directs each Chief Judge to adopt and implement the policy and procedures for handling sexual harassment complaints against justices and judges which was approved by the Florida Supreme Court; NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elizabeth A. Metzger, pursuant to the authority vested in me as Chief Judge of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida under Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.215, hereby order the following: 1. The Supreme Court Policy and Procedures outlined and attached to AOSC18-6 are adopted and implemented in the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida. (AOSC18-6 and the adopted policy a
Reviewer note: Document sha256: 8edaea139ff1aef8a1bf85205bfe5ae34bcef07619560952cf3559255d21d9d4. 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.