19th Cir. — 4264-01__2021-13-Amended.pdf: published requirements

High confidence· verified July 24, 2026Special Set Hearings19th Jud. Cir., 4264-01__2021-13-Amended.pdf (pp. 1, 2, 3, 4) — sha256-hashed 2026-07-24

Summary

15 verbatim requirements extracted from 4264-01__2021-13-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 Robert Meadows: All Juvenile Dependency and Delinquency Cases, including Detention and Shelter Hearings; All Probate and Guardianship Cases; All substance abuse and mental health court cases (i.e. Baker and Marchman Act cases) ; All CINS/FINS Cases; All Risk Protection Order Cases; Member of the Indian River County Children’s Services Council; Assist with Indian River County Specialty Courts • Honorable Elizabeth Metzger: 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 and Commercial Mortgage Foreclosure Cases; All Jimmy Ryce Cases; All Probate and Guardianship Cases; All Risk Protection Order Cases; All substance abuse and mental health court cases (i.e. Baker and Marchman Act); 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 Metzger, including Detention Hearings; Assist with Felony Cases • Honorable Rebecca Ivy White: 50% of all Domestic Relations Cases including Injunctions for Protection (all odd assigned DR case numbers); All Civil Cases; All Probate and Guardianship Cases (with the assistance of the Okeechobee County Court judge on Probate matters); All Dependency Cases, including Shelter Hearings daily; Assist with Truancy Court; Assist with Mental Health Court; Assist with Juvenile Delinquency Cases • Honorable Michael McNicholas: 50% of all Domestic Relations cases including Injunctions for Protection (all even assigned DR case numbers); All Felony Cases; All substance abuse and mental health court cases (i.e. Baker and Marchman Act); All Risk Protection Order Cases; All Juvenile Delinquency Cases, including Detention Hearings • Honorable William Wallace: All Okeechobee County Court Cases; Assist with Felony and Juvenile Drug Court cases; 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 Robert Belanger: All Non-Jury Civil Cases, including Residential Mortgage Foreclosures; Weekday First Appearance Hearings (in rotation with County Court Judges); All civil forfeiture cases; Veteran’s 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 • Honorable Michael Heisey: 50% of Domestic Relations Cases, including Injunctions for Protection (A -K of alphabet); Assist Juvenile Division with Detention and Shelter Hearings • Honorable Michael Linn: All Juvenile Dependency and Delinquency Cases, including Shelter and Detention Hearings; Member of St. Lucie County Children’s Services Council • 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. PROPOSED ORDERS • ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2021-13 Amendment 1 (As to Okeechobee assignment only)

Source of truth

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2021-13 Amendment 1 (As to Okeechobee assignment only)

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: ba81db57364c5eeb0c38486b7c3df830da98d45f2ebcc6feffda4aa91db572c3. One rule per order rather than per topic, so an order's requirements stay together. Published during the completeness pass.