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12 verbatim requirements from document (unlisted) [unlisted] JudgeCuppProbateBestPractices.
20th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://www.ca.cjis20.org/pdf/Charlotte/JudgeCuppProbateBestPractices.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • If there is no checklist listed on the above web page that relates to your Petition/Motion, none is required. • Do not send the few original documents that must be filed with the Clerk to Judge Cupp. • A sufficient number of copies and stamped envelopes must accompany proposed orders (if you wish to receive a conformed copy). • The Portal must transmit the document to the Clerk, and the Clerk must then transfer the file to the internal Clerk case maintenance system and formally accept the document into the clerk’s system to make the document viewable to users. • These lists are not the checklists that must be E-filed by the attorneys. • Do not submit proposed orders unless/until ALL the documents upon which the order is based are viewable in the clerk's system. • Any inventory filed by a fiduciary in an estate proceeding with the Court, must be sent to the Department of Revenue at: • Box 6417, Tallahassee, Florida 32314-6417 • No proof of service of Notice to Creditors served on AHCA. §733.2121(d), F.S. provides: "If a decedent at the time of death was 55 years of age or older, the personal -- 3 of 5 -- • representative shall promptly serve a copy of the notice to creditors and provide a copy of the death certificate on the Agency for Health Care Administration within 3 months after the first publication of the notice to creditors, unless the agency has already filed a statement of claim in the estate proceedings." The website for the Florida Estate Recovery Program specifies the following address for notices: • The affidavits submitted do not comply with the requirements of Chapter • R. • Insufficient or missing statement under oath establishing that the attesting witnesses cannot be found or that they have become incapacitated after the execution of the will or their testimony cannot be obtained within a reasonable time. §733.201(3), F.S. • Order cannot be entered without proper notice to interested parties or without scheduling the appropriate hearing. • The supporting petition/motion does not set forth sufficient allegations on which the court can grant the requested relief. • Unless a stipulation signed by all parties is filed, a hearing is required. • It is your responsibility to schedule sufficient time for a hearing and to properly notice the petition/motion for hearing. • Omitting the attorney’s Florida Bar Number • Omitting the date of death on Petition for Administration • Omitting consents from both parents if they are not petitioning to be appointed guardian(s) in minor guardianships • Requesting to waive the investigatory cost in cases where the ward is indigent (the investigatory cost is to be borne by the guardian) • Incorrect filing fees • Omission of attorney or personal representative’s signature on pleadings -- 4 of 5 -- • Filing the incorrect proposed orders for entry by the Court • Submitting paperwork with the incorrect case numbers • Failing to redact all but the last four digits of social security numbers on pleadings or papers to be contained in the publicly available file. • Failure to submit a copy of the relevant foreign law (if in order to probate the will the Court must find that the will is valid under the laws of the state or country where the testator was at the time of execution. • Note in contested cases all pleadings and other matters to be considered by the Court must be filed with the clerk with notice to interested persons.
If there is no checklist listed on the above web page that relates to your Petition/Motion, none is required.
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: 073e3efed8ebae08a4d41c5c71b10537021c4b35c1424d05e403ca3e35061738. 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.