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7 verbatim requirements extracted from media-19379__Probate-Memo-1.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 • The notice address for submitting ALL PROBATE (CP) checklists, petitions/motions, proposed orders, and letters of administration is ProbateSLC@circuit19.org. Submissions are reviewed and processed by the probate case managers in the order received. Please allow time for the case managers and the Court to review and finalize probate submissions. Currently, the probate division is experiencing a high volume of submissions. • DO NOT CALL THE JUDICIAL ASSISTANT TO CHECK ON THE STATUS OF YOUR ORDERS. If a submission is urgent, please indicate “EMERGENCY” or “URGENT” in the subject line and include additional information as to the urgency. If urgency is not indicated in the subject line or body of the e-mail, the submission will be processed in the order it was received. • DO NOT SUBMIT HARD COPIES OF PROPOSED ORDERS/LETTERS TO THE JUDGE OR SUBMIT PROPOSED ORDERS/LETTERS THROUGH THE E-PORTAL. YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR PLEADING(S) TO THE PROBATE CASE MANAGERS, VIA EMAIL, FOR PROCESSING. • PROBATE DIVISION PROCEDURES: Checklists are required for both Opening and Closing Estates. The checklists are posted on Judge Mish’s web page under “FORMS” on www.circuit19.org. PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS NO CHECKLIST FOR HOMESTEAD PETITIONS. 1. Opening a Formal Estate; 2. Closing a Formal Estate (Discharge); 3. Summary Administration; and 4. Disposition of Personal Property with Administration Attorneys must verify completion and correctness of the Checklists by personal signature. No signature stamps are allowed. Once the checklist is complete, the attorney’s office shall submit via email only to the probate case managers at ProbateSLC@circuit19.org: 1. Completed checklist; 2. Proposed Order(s) and Letters in WORD format. All proposed orders must be filled out completely; and 3. A description of the documents being provided, as well as the action you wish to be taken. WHEN A BOND IS REQUIRED: An appropriate bond will be required on all estates with a foreign personal representative regardless of waiver in the Will. Cash bonds may be deposited with the Clerk of Court with the applicable registry fee. Please contact the Clerk of Court, Probate Division for information. The original Surety Bond must be delivered to the Clerk of Court after your client has signed the Bond. The Clerk will forward the Bond to Judge Mish for signature and e-filing. Your copy of Letters will be provided by eservice. Certified copies may be obtained from the Clerk of Court. ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS AND MONIES ARE NOT TO BE SENT DIRECTLY TO THE JUDGE’S OFFICE, AND THE JUDGE’S OFFICE TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUCH ITEMS. DOCUMENTS ARE TO BE FILED WITH THE CLERK OF COURT, PROBATE AND GUARDIANSHIP DIVISION. Please visit the Clerk of Court webpage for more information. All court filings and proposed orders MUST contain proper address certification—i.e. the FULL address of ALL parties or email address where the motion was served (or order will be served.) “I certify that a copy of the foregoing was emailed to all parties through the e- service portal” is NOT sufficient. Likewise, listing a party on the order “cc:” without listing the address is insufficient. If the party does not have an e-service address, then the moving party will be required to mail a copy of the court filing or order to that party. HEARING TIME & ARGUMENT LIMITS • HEARING REQUESTS Attorney’s and Pro Se Parties may schedule hearings using the online scheduling system. You must first register to obtain your user ID and password on the site. Once Scheduled, a Notice of Hearing must be submitted, via e-mail, to the Judicial Assistant at SLCJudge10@circuit19.org with a copy of your E-FILED motion/petition, and include all parties involved in your case. • P a g e 2 | 2 ALL HEARING PACKETS FOR SCHEDULED PROBATE HEARINGS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO SLCJudge10@Circuit19.org. DO NOT SUBMIT HEARING PACKETS TO THE CASE MANAGERS. FAILURE TO SUBMIT THE HEARING PACKET BY THE SPECIFIED DATE WILL RESULT IN YOUR HEARING BEING STRICKEN FROM THE COURT’S DOCKET AND WILL NEED TO BE RESCHEDULED FOR A LATER DATE. FILING & INITIATION • EX-PARTE COMMUNICATION: Please do not ask the Judicial Assistant or other Court personnel to communicate any message to the Judge as this is ex-parte communication. All communication with the Court shall be in open Court with all parties present, in writing or by email copied to opposing counsel/party, and/or filed with the Clerk. This office can best respond to all communications via e-mail.
EX-PARTE COMMUNICATION: Please do not ask the Judicial Assistant or other Court personnel to communicate any message to the Judge as this is ex-parte communication. All communication with the Court shall be in open Court with all parties present, in writing or by email copied to opposing counsel/party, and/or filed with the Clerk. This office can best respond to all communications via e-mail.
Reviewer note: Document sha256: f5167e87ac0103351146b30b8e20ce676e354365fd245febd27cd2a0594aaf76. One rule per order rather than per topic, so an order's requirements stay together. Published during the completeness pass. | Title normalised 2026-07-26 for readability; the court's own asset name was "19th Cir. — media-19379__Probate-Memo-1.pdf: published requirements". Only the display title changed — the requirement text, source URL and hash are untouched.
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