8 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1998-19.
Fourth Judicial Circuit (Duval, Clay, Nassau). Administrative orders change without notice; the circuit's own order controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the order, captured live 2026-08-03 from the Duval Clerk's store; whitespace normalised only. • Court- appointed counsel for indigent parents shall be present to represent said parent at the shelter hearings, Monday through Friday. • (4) The Department of Children and Families shall file a Petition for Dependency not later § than twenty-one days following removal of the child(ren) from the parent(s). • The Petition shall be J5 filed not later than the seventh day following removal if demanded by a party. • N (5) When mediation is available (sometime in January 1999), the parties shall be referred to mediation by the Family Court Mediation Program in the Duval County Courthouse. • (6) All parties must cooperate fully and willingly participate in mediation. • (7) The presiding judge shall make available to the parties a form of pleading entitled Request § for Waiver of Court Ordered Mediation. • (8) Arraignment shall take place not later than twenty-eight days following removal ofthe child(ren) from the parent(s). • (10) Ifthe parent(s) enter a plea of denial, the presiding judge at arraignment will set the case for a pretrial conference hearing. lf the presiding judge at arraignment accepts a plea of admission or consent and adjudicates the child(ren) to be dependent, he or she will set the case for disposition and case plan approval. _ -- 3 of 4 -- (1 1) ALL PARTIES TO DEPENDENCY CASES IN THE FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT E SHALL CONDUCT THEMSELVES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING M LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL POLICY:
Court- appointed counsel for indigent parents shall be present to represent said parent at the shelter hearings, Monday through Friday.
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2 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1986-33A.
1 verbatim requirement from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1987-09.