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22 verbatim requirements from admin. order AO 1.19 - Standing Orders and Civil Case Management Plans in Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Cases in Charlotte County, (7/27/15) [Civil].
20th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://www.ca.cjis20.org/pdf/ao/ao_1_19.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • Court of Florida has established guidelines for the prompt processing and resolution of civil cases, and has expressly mandated that the Court "shall take charge of all cases at an early stage in the litigation and shall control the progress of the case thereafter until the case is determined;" and • Included as part of this Administrative Order as "Attachment A" is a form "Standing Order in Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Cases in Charlotte County," which the Plaintiff shall, in all residential mortgage foreclosure cases filed in Charlotte County on or after August 1, 2015, serve with each summons issued in the case. • The Plaintiff shall be responsible for paying the Clerk the appropriate statutory fee for copies of each Standing Order issued. • In addition, in all residential mortgage foreclosure cases filed in Charlotte County on or after August 1, 2015, and upon the filing of a responsive pleading by any defendant, the Court shall issue a "Residential Foreclosure Case Management Plan and Order" utilizing the Florida Supreme • It shall be noted that the forms included as part of this Administrative Order, Attachments • It shall be the responsibility of all parties to check the website for the most recent forms to be used in conjunction with this Administrative Order. • The procedures and time standards do not supplant any existing rule, statute, or law. • This Administrative Order shall not be construed as granting any rights not already provided for by rule, statute, or law. • To the extent that any provision of this Administrative Order may be construed as being in conflict with any rule, statute, or law, the rule, statute, or law shall prevail. • The Plaintiff shall pay the appropriate statutory clerk's fees on copies for each Standing Order issued and attached to the Summons. • The Supreme Court of Florida has established guidelines for the prompt processing and resolution of civil cases, and has expressly mandated that the Court "shall take charge of all cases at an early stage in the litigation and shall control the progress of the case thereafter until the case is determined." Fla. • Accordingly, in Residential Mortgage Foreclosure cases filed on or subsequent to August 1, 2015, and upon the filing of a responsive pleading to the complaint, the Court will issue a Case Management Plan establishing mandatory time-frames with the goal of resolution within 12 months. • Early mediation shall be available pursuant to local Administrative Order No. 1.14, In re: • In the event that the deadlines for seeking early mediation pursuant to Administrative Order No. 1.14 have expired, and a party subsequently requests that the Court direct mediation, or the Court on its own motion orders mediation, the general provisions of Administrative Order No. 1.14 shall -- 4 of 7 -- apply to any such mediation ordered. • A Motion to Continue any trial must be filed with the clerk and emailed to the Civil Case Management Office at civilcmcharlotte@ca.cjis20.org. • The requesting party Requests must be filed not later than 45 days from shall file all discovery requests and the answer. • Response must be made within 30 days of responding party shall file a Notice of filing ofrequest if no objection filed. • If the party fails to to discovery request must be filed not later than 20 timely respond, the requesting party shall file a days from the filing of the request. • Compel no later than 10 days from the due date. -- 6 of 7 -- • Deadline for Dispositive Motions Must be heard not less 30 days prior to trial • Estimated Length of Trial All trials will be set for one (1) hour; if you need additional time you must contact the Civil Case Management • Office at civilcmcharlotte@ca.cjis20.org no later than 30 days prior to trial.
Court of Florida has established guidelines for the prompt processing and resolution of civil cases, and has expressly mandated that the Court "shall take charge of all cases at an early stage in the litigation and shall control the progress of the case thereafter until the case is determined;" and
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: 11fd57acca8c85977afcb19be2cb3e6bb62da090b817ab79e9173a0f3eaf15c1. 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.