3 verbatim mandatory provisions from AO 2018-014.
Third Judicial Circuit (Columbia, Dixie, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, Suwannee, Taylor). Check the order's own effective and rescission dates before relying on it. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the order's own text layer, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. No OCR. Only sentences carrying mandatory language are reproduced — the full order is in custody and is the controlling text. • 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, witoesses, cOlIDsel, persons who have not consented to the adoption and are required to consent, and repressive of the agencies who are present to perfonn their official duties." Further, the entire COUlt me shall be deemed confidential and only subject to inspection upon order of the court. • The Clerk shall provide the adoptive parents certified copies of the Final Judgment of Adoption of a Minor Child by Relative and shall not release it from the court me for recording in the official records. ---------------- --_._.. _ - - .... . - .. . _.... .. _- _... . -- 1 of 2 -- 3. • Each petition distributed by the Clerk's Office shall also include a checklist.
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, witoesses, cOlIDsel, persons who have not consented to the adoption and are required to consent, and repressive of the agencies who are present to perfonn their official duties." Further, the entire COUlt me shall be deemed confidential and only subject to inspection upon order of the court.
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25 verbatim mandatory provisions from AO 2022-004.
10 verbatim mandatory provisions from AO 2014-025.
The 17th Circuit's circuit-wide AI disclosure/certification mandate (Jan 2026, twice amended) was VACATED in its entirety effective June 15, 2026 by Chief Judge Phillips's AO 2026-19-Gen, expressly citing the statewide framework (AOSC26-12; Rule 2.515(d)(2), SC2026-0673). Several division procedure pages still cite the vacated order.