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2 verbatim requirements on judge preferences.
Third Judicial Circuit — 2020-002 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. • WHEREAS, the Florida Supreme Court has issued Administrative Order SC20-15, “COVID-19 Essential and Critical Trial Court Proceedings,” which directs the chief judge of each circuit court to cancel or postpone court proceedings other than essential proceedings and proceedings critical to the state of emergency and public health emergency, unless the chief judge determines that other proceedings or events can be effectively conducted remotely without the necessity of in-person court appearances; and • As per AOSC20-15, all judges and magistrates are directed to reschedule, postpone, or cancel all non mission-essential proceedings unless they can be effectively conducted remotely using telephonic or other electronic means.
WHEREAS, the Florida Supreme Court has issued Administrative Order SC20-15, “COVID-19 Essential and Critical Trial Court Proceedings,” which directs the chief judge of each circuit court to cancel or postpone court proceedings other than essential proceedings and proceedings critical to the state of emergency and public health emergency, unless the chief judge determines that other proceedings or events can be effectively conducted remotely without the necessity of in-person court appearances; and
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.