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26 verbatim requirements from Procedures and Information.
Fourth Judicial Circuit (Duval, Clay, Nassau). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
• If materials for the hearing are collectively over 20 pages, please have a binder delivered to the courthouse no later than two (2) weeks prior to the hearing. • Moving/Requesting party must: a Complete Trial Set Memorandum form located in hearing room and on the Court’s Website. • Should a telephonic appearance be requested by an out- of-town attorney, the JA must be notified in advance of the hearing. • Additionally, the attorney appearing by telephone is required to provide a courtesy copy of the • Only one line may be transferred into the Hearing Room, so multiple attorneys appearing by phone must arrange one conference call to include all others participating. • However, any large documents (more than 30 pages, including attachments) must NOT be emailed. • DO NOT assume the hearing is automatically removed from the Court’s calendar. • If you do not receive a telephone call or email confirming the cancellation, please try contacting the Judicial Assistant again. • Cancellation of a hearing MUST be confirmed with and by the J.A. • Counsel shall only send memoranda to the Judge which has been served on opposing counsel. • If there is an unrepresented party involved in the case not using e-Portal, the proposed Order must be submitted to the • Further, the party presenting the proposed Order, shall be responsible for providing addressed, stamped envelopes for parties not using the e-Portal; • The proposed Order service list must contain E- filing addresses for opposing counsel/unrepresented party. • If an unrepresented party does not receive e-filings, counsel must immediately mail or hand deliver to the Court an addressed, stamped envelope. • HEARING, whether submitted to the Court in writing or via email as contemplated supra, MUST INCLUDE A COVER LETTER INDICATING: • All counsel and unrepresented parties must be copied on the cover letter, including any proposed Order, at the same time provided to the Court. • If counsel does not have an email address for an unrepresented party, counsel must mail or hand deliver the proposed Order and letter to the Court consistent with the instructions above. • Court with a cover letter, which must be copied to all opposing counsel/unrepresented parties. • A courtesy copy of the motion, joint stipulation, etc. related to the proposed Order must be provided. • The letter must state that opposing counsel/unrepresented party has been provided with the same materials being provided to the Court and whether opposing counsel/unrepresented party agrees with the language of the proposed Order. • The service list on the Order must contain e-filing addresses for opposing counsel/unrepresented parties. • If counsel does not have an email address for an unrepresented party, counsel must mail or hand-deliver the proposed • If an unrepresented party does not receive efilings, counsel must immediately mail or hand deliver to the Court an addressed, stamped envelope for that party. • All consent Orders shall include the word “Consent” or “Agreed” in the caption of the proposed Order. • Only one line may be transferred into the Hearing Room, so multiple attorneys appearing by phone must arrange one conference call to include all others. • An Order for Non-Jury Trial must be submitted to the Court after scheduling the non-jury trial.
If materials for the hearing are collectively over 20 pages, please have a binder delivered to the courthouse no later than two (2) weeks prior to the hearing. -- 1 of 5 -- 2
Reviewer note: Document sha256: 6f2cd9b11dc828492421d17f19bf5156558c26c27503bcd62f28d7c5233a5197. Extracted from the document's own text layer. Text layer cleaned 2026-09-08 (Phase 3a): page markers removed; wording untouched. Verbatim from https://www.jud4.org/getContentAsset/e4971672-86ec-4ebb-8c4d-307796a34498/135b97c9-84fa-4e82-b956-0fbccec4aa1f/Procedures-Information-updated-2024.pdf?language=en, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]
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