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2 verbatim requirements on judge preferences.
Third Judicial Circuit — 2018-014 only. Practices change without notice; the court's own published text controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the published source, captured 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used. • Pursuant to Chapter 63.162, Florida Statutes, “All hearings held in proceedings under this act shall be held in closed court without admittance of any person other than essential officers of the court, the parties, witnesses, counsel, persons who have not consented to the adoption and are required to consent, and repressive of the agencies who are present to perform their official duties.” Further, the entire Court file shall be deemed confidential and only subject to inspection upon order of the court. • Pursuant to Chapter 63.162, Florida Statutes, "All hearings held in proceedings under
Pursuant to Chapter 63.162, Florida Statutes, “All hearings held in proceedings under this act shall be held in closed court without admittance of any person other than essential officers of the court, the parties, witnesses, counsel, persons who have not consented to the adoption and are required to consent, and repressive of the agencies who are present to perform their official duties.” Further, the entire Court file shall be deemed confidential and only subject to inspection upon order of the court.
Reviewer note: Source sha256: . Corpus categories: /requirement/i. Published during the 2026-07-24 completeness pass.
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.