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14 verbatim requirements from admin. order AO 2.12 - Est. of Family Law Division (1/23/92) [Judicial].
20th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://www.ca.cjis20.org/pdf/ao/ao_2_12.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • Administration, the following Order shall formally provide for the establishment of a Family Law Division within the Twentieth • Judicial Circuit and shall apply to certain enumerated family law matters in Lee and Collier Counties. • Jurisdiction of the Family Law Division shall include dissolution, custody, visitation relief, property, URESA, name change, paternity, adoption, and domestic violence cases. • County, juvenile dependency matters are to be included, but juvenile delinquency proceedings shall not be included. • Collier County, all juvenile matters shall be included within the • Chief Judge, who shall give special consideration to the aptitude, demonstrated interest, and experience of each judge, for a term of not less than two years with the opportunity to request rotation after three years. • Rotation of judges shall be staggered and shall be accomplished by Administrative Order. • Administrative Family Law Judge shall be appointed to serve in the Family Law Divisions of Lee and Collier Counties. • Administrative Family Law Judge shall be responsible for the implementation of this Order within the Frunily Law Division. • The Administrative Family Law Judge shall also be responsible for ensuring that the division receives proper resources including court connected mediation, domestic violence assistance programs, guardians ad litem, home assessment services, sufficient staff to operate enforcement of support services and case coordination/receptionist staff. • Any deficiencies in these resources shall be reported to the Chief • Judge by the Administrative Family Law Judge immediately upon discovery or recognition of same . -2- -- 2 of 3 -- ~ In order to effectuate the purpose of this order, it shall • • be incumbent upon every person appearing before.any judge within the Family Law Division to advise the judge of all other family law matters which may, in any way, affect the family or families involved in the matter before the judge. • If there are other cases pending before any other judge within the division, the presiding judge shall notify the Administrative Judge of the multiple filings and, by appropriate order, the Administrative • Judge shall consolidate all such family law matters to be heard before the same circuit judge within the division.
Administration, the following Order shall formally provide for the establishment of a Family Law Division within the Twentieth
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: 65a77c9e70f558dc14fd3cb5e1dd943850c6e727bb65d7e6c5334ae1588c19f9. 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.