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13 verbatim requirements extracted from 4178-01__2020-01.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. PROPOSED ORDERS • WHEREAS the Governor of Florida has issued Executive Order s declaring a state of emergency and a public health emergency in response to the outbrea k of coronavirus disease (COVID-19); and • 7. All ordinance violation cases are suspended effective the date of this Administrative Order until further order of this Court. • • Writs of possession; • Levies; • Replevins; • Five-day evictions; • Writs of garnishments; • Regular summonses; • Department of Revenue paperwork; • Out-of-state orders; • In-county and out-of-county tax deeds; • 13. This Administrative Order shall be effective immediately and shall remain in effect until further notice or until superseded by further order of this Court or the Florida Supreme • Court. If the timeframes set forth in AOSC20 -13 and AOSC20- 15 are extended by the Florida Supreme Court, the timeframes in this order will accordingly extend without the necessity of further order from this Court. All procedural provisions and administrative orders of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit i nconsistent with Florida Supreme Court administrative orders related to the public health emergency are deemed superseded until such emergency orders are rescinded by the Florida Supreme Court. REMOTE & VIRTUAL APPEARANCES • WHEREAS the Florida Supreme Court on March 17, 2020 issued AOSC 20-15 which: 1) designates essential proceedings and permits the chief judge to determine additional essential proceedings; 2) requires circuits to employ all methods practicable to minimize the risk of COVID- 19 exposure to individual involved in essential proceedings or the general public; and 3) directs the chief judge of each circuit to cancel or postpone non- essential proceedings unless such proceedings can be effectively conducted remotely without court appearances; • 3. To the maximum extent possible, mission essential proceedings shall be accomplished using electronic means for some or all participants. If it is not possible to conduct these proceeding remotely, the presiding judicial officer shall ensure that a “social distancing” method of at least six feet is utilized. All persons who find themselves in a courthouse facility should maintain this social distance from each other at all times. • 9. All court mediations are canceled unless conducted remotely using teleconferencing, telephonic or electronic means without the necessity of in-person appearances. • 10. All in -person supervised visitation in any family or dependency case previously court - ordered is suspended for the duration of this order, unless said visitation can occur remotely with no in-person contact. The presiding judge who ordered the supervised visitation may determine any appropriate make-up visitation at a later date. HEARING TIME & ARGUMENT LIMITS • a. First appearance hearings; b. Juvenile dependency shelter hearings; c. Termination of Parental Rights (TPR) advisory hearings; d. Hearings on petitions for Judicial Waiver of Notice; e. Juvenile delinquency detention hearings; f. Hearings on ex parte petitions for temporary injunctions relating to safety of an individual; • g. Instanter hearings on child support writ reviews; h. Hearings on ex parte petitions for risk protection orders; i. Hearings on petitions for the appointment of an emergency temporary guardian; j. Hearings on Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Orders; k. Involuntary commitment hearings under the Baker Act or Marchman Act; l. Hearings on motions to set or modify monetary bond for defendants in custody; m. Hearings on petitions for extraordinary writs as necessary to protect constitutional rights; n. Criminal arraignments as necessary; o. Issuance of warrants or authorization for wiretaps; and p. Other emergency or time-sensitive matters as determined by the presiding judge. r. A change of plea hearing that results in release from county jail. • 5. No proceedings or court events other than essential court proceedings and critical proceedings related to the state of emergency or the public health emergency shall be conducted through in-person hearings until further order of this Court. All judicial officers of the circuit and county courts of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit shall reschedule, postpone, or cancel all non- essential court proceedings and events unless the presiding judicial officer has requested and obtained approval of the chief judge to proceed with such proceedings or events and the presiding judicial officer determines that the proceedings or events can be effectively conducted remotely using telephonic or other electronic means and without the necessity of in-person court appearances. Before making a request to the • chief judge, a judicial officer should consider whether the electronic hearing would cause persons to be in close contact in a remote location where it would be difficult or impossible to utilize social distan cing. Each judicial officer will set the procedure for remote proceedings and post the procedures and any policies on their respective webpages.
WHEREAS the Governor of Florida has issued Executive Order s declaring a state of emergency and a public health emergency in response to the outbrea k of coronavirus disease (COVID-19); and
Reviewer note: Document sha256: 236d04ceb66453f873efb44ed09ab659cd013b4a2c8feaeb2a7bbe53c8bae459. 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.