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15 verbatim requirements from admin. order AO 30.27 - Order est mental health court for Collier County (10/18/07) [Parochial].
20th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://www.ca.cjis20.org/pdf/ao/par_20071018.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • The State Attorneys Office shall screen each defendant referred to the Mental Health Court and shall determine which cases will be placed • This decision shall be made with input from defense counsel, the court and the Staff of the Mental Health Court. • The Mental Health Court Program shall be composed of Staff whose services are employed or utilized by or contracted to the Office of the Court Administrator or the Court. • Program Staff shall evaluate defendants who might have or have previously been identified as having a mental illness. • The Staff shall also identify treatment options in the community and monitor for the Court an appropriate plan of treatment depending on whether the defendant is on probation, diversion, or pretrial release. • The Mental Health Court shall handle cases under the following two classifications: • The mental competency evaluation process, as set forth in the Rules of Criminal Procedure shall be within the purview of the Mental Health Court and shall be applicable to the point of a contested hearing. • The policies, procedures and conduct of court proceedings in the Mental Health Court shall be as follows: • Upon completion of the appropriate course of treatment and upon agreement of the parties, the State shall file a notice ofnolle prosequi in regard to the pending charges against the defendant. • (4) All agreements for deferred prosecution shall be in writing, signed by the defendant, defense counsel and the State Attorney, and shall thereafter be filed in the court file. • If the defendant fails to comply with the conditions of the deferred prosecution, the case shall be referred by the Mental Health Court Program Staff or the State Attorney back to the assigned trial judge=s docket. • Court judge and shall include regular monitoring of probation as that may relate to mental health issues. • Violation of probation hearings shall be handled by the assigned trial judge, unless the State Attorney, defense counsel and the Mental Health Court judge agree that the violation of probation hearing should be retained on the Mental Health • In order to be accepted into the Mental Health Court Program, a defendant must sign a waiver of confidentiality to the extent that his treatment may be monitored by Mental Health Court Staff, the State Attorney and defense counsel. • Court case, the court will determine whether such report is confidential under Florida law, and if so, shall order that the document be sealed by the Clerk.
The State Attorneys Office shall screen each defendant referred to the Mental Health Court and shall determine which cases will be placed
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: 13292991fcf693cd02e8d1de8de40e47ca9350f221c0a299c33cc58011ab4b0e. 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.