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17 verbatim requirements extracted from judge-lillian-ewen__Exhibit-Policy-1.26.26.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. EXHIBITS & EVIDENCE • JUDGE LILLIAN B. EWEN’S EXHIBIT POLICY UPDATED January 26, 2026 • 1. DO NOT send/e-mail exhibits to the Clerk’s office for pre-marking. • 3. A completed Exhibit List and all proposed exhibits must be titled in the proper format, labeled with the clerk’s exhibit template on the first page (template found on the last page of this document, as well as posted on the judge’s webpage in Word). • 5. This procedure does not modify or change the court’s pretrial order. The parties will be strictly limited to those exhibits and witnesses listed in the pretrial statement. • include the clerk’s exhibit template on the first page, and it must be fully completed. • 1) Parties shall pre mark their own exhibits for identification using the clerk’s exhibit template (template found on the last page of this document, as well as posted on the judge’s webpage in Word). • 2) Exhibits which will be stipulated into evidence should also be marked. • 3) Once exhibits are successfully entered into evidence, they become the property of the St. Lucie County Clerk of Court and may not be altered or removed from the courtroom /possession of the St. Lucie County Clerk of Court without order of the court. • 5) Organized, tabbed binders are greatly appreciated for voluminous exhibits. HEARING TIME & ARGUMENT LIMITS • 2. You must send all of your exhibits and a copy of the Exhibit List to the other party at least TWO (2) BUSINESS DAYS prior to the start of your trial or hearing. • 4. UNANTICIPATED REBUTTAL EVIDENCE may be submitted during the Zoom hearing through the Sharing Feature or be email ed during the hearing with permission of the court. Notwithstanding, all exhibits must be e- filed with the Clerk for safekeeping after the hearing/trial. • 6. NOTE: Failure to serve your exhibits on the other side(s) AT LEAST 2 BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR TO THE HEARING/TRIAL DATE shall result in exclusion of the exhibit, cancellation of your trial or hearing, and/or other appropriate sanctions. • 7. NOTE: The party who is successful in admitting an exhibit is responsible for filing hard copies of admitted exhibits with the Clerk via drop -off or mail within seven (7) business days, POST-hearing. Flash drives and/or CD's are only permissible if the evidence is a video or audio recording. You MUST • 9. NOTE: Failure to strictly adhere to this exhibit policy may result in revocation of Zoom privileges for future hearings. FOR IN PERSON HEARINGS & TRIALS • a. In addition to the clerk’s original of any exhibit, you must bring a copy of each exhibit to the hearing/trial for: PROPOSED ORDERS • 8. NOTE: The party who is successful in admitting an exhibit is also responsible for emailing a copy of the exhibit to the judge at slcjudge13@circuit19.org IMMEDIATELY after trial for the judge’s review. Failure to do so will result in delays of the issuance of the order. • 6) The party who is successful in admitting an exhibit is also responsible for emailing a copy of the exhibit to the court at slcjudge13@circuit19.org IMMEDIATELY after trial for the court’s review. Failure to do so will result in delays of the issuance of the order.
JUDGE LILLIAN B. EWEN’S EXHIBIT POLICY UPDATED January 26, 2026
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Judge Sherman requires TWO identical bound hard-copy sets of pre-marked exhibits for evidentiary hearings at least 7 days out — and anything over 50 pages must arrive as bound hard copies by mail.
Judge Hafele: exhibits in chambers three days before any evidentiary proceeding, courtesy copies two days out, all hearing materials three business days ahead, and interpreter requests seven days in advance.
Judge Mullinax wants physical copies of all documents and exhibits for in-person hearings/trials provided five days in advance; orders in Word (no macros/columns/tabs) within 48 hours, final judgments with a 3-inch top-right margin.