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30 verbatim requirements from document (unlisted) [unlisted] JudgeStewartOfficeProcedures.
20th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://www.ca.cjis20.org/pdf/judge/JudgeStewartOfficeProcedures.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • All proposed orders MUST be submitted to the E-Portal for Judge review and signature. • Judge office does NOT accept paper orders, with the exception of Final Judgments of Foreclosure which must be mailed to Judge with copies and stamped envelopes for the parties. • Due to the high volume of phone calls and emails that the Civil Division receives, you may not reach the Judicial • When a party to a proceeding before the Courts of the Twentieth Judicial Circuit, or counsel, files a pleading, document or notice of hearing, or submits a proposed order, which includes a reference to a previously filed pleading, document or to the motion being scheduled for hearing, the party or counsel shall, for ease of further reference: • All motions must be set for hearing and heard within 60 days from filing the motion or the motion will be deemed abandoned and denied. • No motions can be scheduled before the Magistrate within 90 days of the commencement of the trial period. • You do NOT need to send a letter to the Judge for a hearing of up to 1 hour. • The movant or movant’s attorney then must coordinate with the other parties or their attorneys. • We do not hold dates, so act quickly to confirm the date you have agreed on. • Once a motion is scheduled, subsequent motions may not be “piggybacked” or “cross-noticed” onto the time reserved for the first Motion, absent prior approval of the Court AND the original scheduling attorney. • Attorneys may NOT schedule the SAME Motion for back to back hearings to acquire a longer block of hearing time (e.g. scheduling two 5- minute hearings to acquire 10 minutes, etc.) Any hearings scheduled in this manner may be cancelled. • All Notices of Hearing shall reflect the following in addition to the date and time of the Motion: • If the hearing is to be evidentiary, this MUST be reflected in the Notice of Hearing. • The title of the motion or motions to be addressed at the hearing along with their docket line number AND the date that they were filed. • The amount of time reserved for the hearing. • The moving party must confer with the opposing party in a good faith effort to resolve the issues raised in the motion. • Such conferral must be between the attorneys in- person, by phone or by video- conference. • Parties must comply with the conferral and certification requirements in Fla.R.Civ.P. • The Procedure: • You may submit a Stipulated Order to Cancel Foreclosure Sale (at least 24 hours before the sale date – on a business day) to Judge Stewart. • Stipulations that do not set forth good cause for the Court to cancel a sale, may be DENIED. • If the Motion is not stipulated, a party seeking to cancel a foreclosure sale shall file and serve on all parties a Motion as contained in Form 1.996(b) of the Florida Rules of Civil • The Motion shall be noticed for hearing, with service on all parties, at least five (5) business days BEFORE the hearing. • The Clerk of Courts will not cancel any foreclosure sale without the entry of an order canceling and resetting the sale except if a Petition for Bankruptcy has been filed in federal court and a Notice of such has been filed in the Court file. • Such motions must be submitted in writing and must be reviewed by the Judge before they may be scheduled for hearing. • As such, continuances are disfavored, shall rarely be granted and only upon a showing of good cause. • If you cancel a hearing, you are required to file a Notice of Cancellation. • If a hearing has been cross- noticed by self-represented parties or counsel, then they must agree to the cancellation of the subject hearing and file a Notice of Cancellation of Cross-Notice of Hearing. • You may not cancel a cross-noticed motion hearing without written consent of the parties/counsel. -- 5 of 7 -- 6 • Please do NOT forward copies of items that have been filed in the Court file including Notices of Hearings, • You do not need to forward case law that is cited in your court filings. • All exhibits must be marked with an exhibit number or letter and you must provide an index. • You must also provide paper copies to the Clerk’s Office 5 days prior to the court proceeding. • You are required to forward to opposing counsel and any self-represented parties, copies of what is forwarded to the Judge and Clerk’s office. • Management Plan no later than 120 days after the commencement of an action. • Trial Conference Order must be submitted to the Court prior to the Pre-Trial Conference Date. -- 6 of 7 -- 7 (See the Court’s Trial Order issued in your Case.) • Written memoranda on lengthy or complex motions are not necessary but if supplied, they must be submitted at least seven (7) business days prior to the hearing. • Memoranda or briefs to be considered by the Court for any hearing shall be limited to ten (10) pages in length on 8 1/2-by-11-inch paper, and shall also comply with the lettering and spacing requirements of Rule. 9.210(9)(2), Rules of Appellate Procedure. • Interface) connection, you must bring you own adaptor and laptop.
All proposed orders MUST be submitted to the E-Portal for Judge review and signature.
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: 162cc902c05ede05a5a1047a8e9b749d6bfb7a8809696b399a13a430b0da298a. 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.