10 verbatim requirements from admin. order AO 1.20 - Mitigating Measures in Response to COVID-19 – Standing Order in Small Claims PIP Cases for Lee and Collier Counties, (Amended 2/10/21) [Civil].
20th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://www.ca.cjis20.org/pdf/ao/ao_1_20_amended.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • The Plaintiff shall be responsible for paying the Cl erk the appropriate statutory fee for copies of each Standing Order issued. • (4) It shall be noted that the form included as pa1t of this Adminish·ative Order, "Attachment • It shall oe the responsibility of all patties to check the website for the most recent forms to be used in conjunction with this Administrative Order. • The procedures do not supplant any existing rule, statute, or law. • Order sha ll not be construed as granting any rights not already provided for by rule, statute, or law. 2 -- 2 of 4 -- (6) 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. • (7) This Administrative Order shall be effective immediately and shall remain in effect until superseded by further order of this Court or the Florida Supreme Court. • Defendant shall have 20 days from service of this Standing Order to respond to • Defendant shall have 30 days from servi ce of this Standing Order to respond to any outstanding discovery. • The parties shall mediate prior to trial at their own expense. • Any patty who objects to this order shall file a wr itten objection within five (5) days of service of this Standing Order.
The Plaintiff shall be responsible for paying the Cl erk the appropriate statutory fee for copies of each Standing Order issued.
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: 3d4fea4be93dde7937778c05d24525d81f6fb1775505714c6cdb368e3a5a9f1a. 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.