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18 verbatim requirements from document (unlisted) [unlisted] 20thCircuit.
20th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://www.ca.cjis20.org/pdf/20thCircuit.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • Five of the seven justices are required to constitute a quorum to conduct business, and four justices must agree on a decision in each case. • Please note, these available positions do not include judges (989) or judicial assistants (989). • The House prevailed on this point, which leaves an issue that must be addressed during the 2010 regular session. • In order to maintain the timely administration of justice and to preserve the viability of the court system, new budgeting practices must be adopted to better stabilize the operations of the courts during times of economic crisis. • Since electronic files will replace the traditional paper court file, they must contain everything a judge needs to make decisions, just as the paper file did. • But reducing costs for clerks of court and the judiciary is not the only goal that e-filing must achieve. • State law (section 28.22205) specifically states that e-fling must give courts the information they need to decide cases more quickly and to improve judicial case management. • These two goals – increased timeliness in the processing of cases and improved judicial case management – are critically important and must not be overlooked or overshadowed. • Under those rules, Supreme Court approval is required for all e-filing systems implemented in the trial courts. • We must maintain and improve upon this level of confidence in order to preserve the Rule of Law. • To fulfill its mission, the judicial branch must strengthen its ability to fully function as a coequal and independent branch of government, to govern itself with coherence and clarity of purpose, to manage and control its internal operations, and to be accountable to the people. • To achieve this in an era of increasing workloads and limited resources, the branch must govern itself effectively and efficiently. • The judicial branch must also have the capacity to develop and implement effective and responsive policies, to deploy its resources efficiently, and to provide transparency and accountability in the management of resources. • To meet these challenges, the courts must constantly find ways to improve the processes used to accomplish their constitutional mission. • The judicial branch must remain committed to ongoing improvement in the administration of justice, including effective case processing policies and the efficient management of resources. • State of Florida requires that ―the courts shall be open to every person for redress of any injury, and justice shall be administered without sale, denial or delay.‖ Inherent in this mandate is the precept that our courts are neutral bodies that will interpret the law fairly and will ensure equal treatment of all parties. • The judicial branch must consistently strive to maintain and improve the public’s trust and confidence by fulfilling its mission of protecting rights and liberties, upholding and interpreting the law, and providing for the peaceful resolution of disputes; and by achieving its vision of being accessible, fair, effective, responsive, and accountable to all Floridians. • To further fulfill its mission and achieve its vision, the judicial branch must also perform its duties with impartiality, integrity, and honesty.
Five of the seven justices are required to constitute a quorum to conduct business, and four justices must agree on a decision in each case.
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: cb8c6129a6361e1d11b32f8ae2588741332d0d91dff8cfb14c03621e4bb83c46. Extracted from the order's own text layer.
Judge Bell caps motions and responses at 5 pages for UMC hearings and 12 pages for special-set hearings.
Judge Alijewicz requires every motion for attorney's fees and/or costs to attach a document detailing time records — no records, no fee award.
Judge Corlew bars informal contact: every communication with the Court must be in writing, filed with the Clerk, with copies furnished to all parties — and no calls to the JA to schedule or cancel UMC.