19th Cir. — 4201-01__2020-11.pdf: published requirements

High confidence· verified July 24, 2026Special Set Hearings19th Jud. Cir., 4201-01__2020-11.pdf (pp. 1, 2, 3, 4) — sha256-hashed 2026-07-24

Summary

13 verbatim requirements extracted from 4201-01__2020-11.pdf, across 1 topic.

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 County Children’s Services Council; Assist with Mental Health Court and Veterans’ Court • Honorable Steven J. Levin: All Juvenile Dependency and Delinquency Cases (with the assistance of Judge Steele on Delinquency 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; Delinquency Cases as directed by Judge Levin, including Detention Hearings; Assist with Felony Cases • Honorable James McCann: All Domestic Relations Cases including all Injunctions for Protection; All Civil Cases; All Probate and Guardianship Cases (with the assistance of the Okeechobee County Court judge on Probate matters); Assist with Felony Cases; All Dependency Cases, including Shelter Hearings daily; Assist with Truancy Court; Assist with Mental Health Court; Assist with Juvenile Delinquency Cases • Honorable Michael McNicholas: All Felony Cases; All Substance Abuse and Mental Health Cases; All Risk Protection Order Cases; All Juvenile Delinquency Cases, including Detention Hearings • Honorable William Wallace: All Okeechobee County Court Cases; Juvenile Drug Court; Adult Felony and Misdemeanor Drug Court; Mental Health Court; Assist with Juvenile Delinquency Cases, including Detention Hearings; Assist with Truancy Court; Assist with Probate cases; Member of the Okeechobee County Children’s Services Council • 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 • 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 Elizabeth A. Metzger: All Non-Jury Civil Cases, including Residential Mortgage Foreclosures; Weekday First Appearance Hearings (in rotation with County Court Judges); All civil forfeiture cases; Assist with Mental Health Court • 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 responsible, 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 Judge, 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.

Source of truth

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 County Children’s Services Council; Assist with Mental Health Court and Veterans’ Court

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: de3696c2c4438faa2cdfc1331a76757c46f97aa98f0465bca922ee8d52456a3b. One rule per order rather than per topic, so an order's requirements stay together. Published during the completeness pass.