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17 verbatim requirements extracted from judge-edmond-w-alonzo__2021-05.pdf, across 4 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. CASE MANAGEMENT • IV. The Case Management Order in Streamlined and General Cases • A. For each streamlined or general civil case, the Circuit and County Courts shall utilize a case management plan and order which shall include, at a minimum: • For cases filed before April 30, 2021, the case management order must include the projected trial date and the deadlines listed above if the event has not already occurred or has not already been specified by a separate court order. • 1. The party initiating the civil action shall serve a case management plan and order1 with the summons and complaint. Template case management plans and orders for service on defendants and other forms shall be made available on the Clerks of C ourt websites and the webpages of individual judges. The case management plan and order must be submitted to the judge by the plaintiff for final approval no later than thirty days after the last defendant is served with the complaint. • 2. If the case is s ubject to dismissal for 1) lack of prosecution pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.420(e) or 2) failure to appear at a case management conference pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.200(a)&(c), then a case management order must be issued within 30 days after the Court determining that the case should remain pending. • 3. If the case is subject to a statutory stay or a moratorium that prevents prosecution of the case, then a case management order shall be issued: • THE COURT having reviewed the preceding Case Management Plan and finding it to be satisfactory, it is hereby • ORDERED that the Case Management Plan is approved and all parties shall abide by the terms herein. PROPOSED ORDERS • WHEREAS the chief judge must issue an administrative order applicable to each county within the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit that takes effect on April 30, 2021; and • WHEREAS the administrative order must require the presiding judge for each civil case to actively manage civil cases as specified by the Florida Supreme Court in AOSC20-23, Amendment 12; • For purposes of the Administrative Order and in accord with AOSC20- 23, Amendment 12, “civil case” means actions to which the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure apply, as identified in Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.010, and actions in which the court has ordered tha t the action proceed under one or more of the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure pursuant to Florida Small Claims Rule 7.020(c) if the deadline for the trial date specified in Florida Small Claims Rule 7.090(d) no longer applies in the action, but does not i nclude actions subject to section 51.011, Florida Statutes, post -judgment proceedings, and writs to which Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.630 applies. • 1 A sample case management plan is attached to this Administrative Order as Attachment A. Each judge may adopt it or use it to create their own individualized order. • This Administrative Order shall be effective April 30, 2021. DISCOVERY DISPUTES • 2. Deadlines to complete fact and expert discovery: Within 270 days after the complaint is filed; • 2. Deadlines to complete fact and expert discovery: Within 450 days after the complaint is filed; • The schedule of deadlines herein will be strictly adhered to by the parties unless change is otherwise agreed to by the parties and approved by the court. The court will consider a request to approve changes to these deadlines upon a showing of good cause by either party based on matters arising from an emergency nature or unavailability. However, once the Civil Case Management Plan has been approved by the court, procrastination in completing discovery or the unavailability of counsel will not constitute good cause for a change to these deadlines. The failure to abide by these CONTINUANCES • A. In accord with Section III.G. of AOSC20 -23, Amendment 12, all judges of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit are hereby directed to strictly comply with Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.545(a), (b), and (e), which respectively require judges to conclude litigation as soon as it is reasonably and justly possible to do so, to take charge of all cases at an early stage and to control the progress of the case thereafter until it is determined, and to apply a firm continuance policy allowing continuances only for good cause shown.
WHEREAS the chief judge must issue an administrative order applicable to each county within the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit that takes effect on April 30, 2021; and
Reviewer note: Document sha256: 4fa7f172fe7d1853f68725aafe08fef823e35210f5adbbd8d0e8552f3d66f310. One rule per order rather than per topic, so an order's requirements stay together. Published during the completeness pass.
Parties in dissolution and most family financial cases must exchange a financial affidavit and specified financial documents within 45 days of service of the initial pleading, file a certificate of compliance, and supplement as circumstances change.
Small claims cases (up to $8,000) begin with a mandatory pretrial conference where the court narrows issues and typically orders mediation. Failure to appear can result in default or dismissal.
CV-E runs a structured 150-day case management conference track with published CMO templates for jury, non-jury, and complex settings, plus a projected-vs-actual trial period system and 2026–2027 published trial calendars.