19th Cir. — 4049-01__2018-6-Second-Amended.pdf: published requirements · BenchPath

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19th Cir. — 4049-01__2018-6-Second-Amended.pdf: published requirements

High confidence· verified July 24, 2026Special Set Hearings19th Jud. Cir., 4049-01__2018-6-Second-Amended.pdf (pp. 1, 2, 3, 4) — sha256-hashed 2026-07-24

Summary

14 verbatim requirements extracted from 4049-01__2018-6-Second-Amended.pdf, across 2 topics.

Applies to

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.

Requirement

Verbatim from the order, captured 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used anywhere in this chain. HEARING TIME & ARGUMENT LIMITS • Honorable Michael J. Linn: All Juvenile Dependency and Delinquency Cases , including Detention and Shelter Hearings; All Probate and Guardianship Cases; Felony, Delinquency and Dependency Drug Court Cases; All CINS/FINS Cases; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Cases; All Risk Protection Order Cases; Member of the Indian River C ounty Children’s Services Council; Assist with Mental Health Court and Veterans’ Court • Honorable Steven J. Levin: All Juvenile Dependency Cases, including Shelter Hearings; 75% of Civil Non-Jury Cases (from time of filing), excluding Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Cases; All Jimmy Ryce Cases; All Substance Abuse and Mental Health Cases ; All Guardianship Cases; All Risk Protection Order Cases; Felony Drug Court; Juvenile Drug Court; Member of the Martin County Children’s Services Council • Honorable Darren Steele: One-third of Martin County Court Cases; All Delinquency Cases, including Detention Hearings; Assist with Felony Cases • Honorable Laurie E. Buchanan: All Civil Cases; All Probate and Guardianship Cases; Assist with Felony Cases; All Juvenile Dependency Cases , including Shelter Hearings daily; All Juvenile Delinquency Cases, including Detention Hearings; Truancy Court; Juvenile Drug Court; Adult Felony and Misdemeanor Drug Court; Assist with Mental Health Court; Member of the Okeechobee County Children’s Services Council • Honorable Michael C. Heisey: All Domestic Relations Cases, including Injunctions for Protection; All Felony Cases; All Substance Abuse and Mental Health Cases; All Risk Protection Order Cases; Assist Juvenile Division with Detention and Shelter Hearings as Juvenile Judge • Honorable William Wallace: All Okeechobee County Court Cases; Assist with Adult and Misdemeanor Drug Court; Assist with Juvenile Delinquency Cases, including Detention Hearings; Assist with Mental Health Court; Truancy Court • Honorable Victoria L. Griffin: 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 Meadows: All Juvenile Dependency and Delinquency Cases, including Shelter and Detention Hearings; Member of St. Lucie County Children’s Services Council; Assist with Mental Health Court • Honorable Lawrence Mirman: All Non-Jury Civil Cases, including Residential Mortgage Foreclosures; Weekday First Appearance Hearings (in rotation with County Court Judges) • All Circuit Court Judges assigned to St. Lucie County and Okeechobee County will be responsible, with the St. Lucie County Court Judges, for Weekend 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 First Appearances and Shelter Hearings in Indian River County. • All Circuit Court Judges assigned to Martin County will be re sponsible, in rotation with Martin County Judges, for Weekend 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 J udge, for Weekend 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. PROPOSED ORDERS • SECOND AMENDED ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2018-06 (amended as to date of commission for newly elected judges only) RE: Judicial Assignments for 2019

Source of truth

SECOND AMENDED ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2018-06 (amended as to date of commission for newly elected judges only) RE: Judicial Assignments for 2019

Official source: 19th Circuit — Administrative Orders (circuit19.org)
Source health: Healthy · checked July 24, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: July 24, 2026benchpath-completeness-2026-07-24

Reviewer note: Document sha256: 004e17646f2c24da52f46362e38b1a99aa97399cbdf00fd787436b8c593069ff. One rule per order rather than per topic, so an order's requirements stay together. Published during the completeness pass.