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4 verbatim requirements published by judge Laurie E. Buchanan on case management.
Nineteenth Judicial Circuit (Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, St. Lucie) — judge Laurie E. Buchanan only. Chambers procedures change without notice; the officer's own page controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
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Unlock free →Procedure: All Civil trials are scheduled by the Case Management Plan and Trial Order. This will be your trial order. Non-Jury Trial cases will also be scheduled for a docket call within your Case Management Plan and Trial Order. Uncontested foreclosure non-jury trial cases may be set separately. See below for further procedures. A list of protentional trial dates can be found on this Court’s webpage under Calendars. Jury trials are generally scheduled on the first full week of the month, and non-jury trials are generally scheduled on the third week of the month.
Reviewer note: Page sha256: eca6f6c920677eb93f6e64ff4c9b90bac7b391ce7bde58131036ba17573ef1ce. Corpus topic: case_management. Published during the completeness pass — the 2026-07-24 arbitration verified this circuit but published 14 rules against 6,388 verbatim requirements.
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.