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11 verbatim requirements from Fourth Circuit administrative order 1976-18.
Fourth Judicial Circuit (Duval). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from Fourth Circuit administrative order 1976-18 as published by the Duval County Clerk, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • Local Rules for the Circuit Court of the Fourth Judicial Circuit adopted and approved effective January. 1973, was amended to read- "The initial assignment of judges to areas of primary responsibility shall become effective upon the effective date of new • OFFICIAL RECORDS judges who have been continuously assigned to one area of primary responsibility in Duval County for two (2) years or longer shall be considered first for reassignment. • Judges in this category who express a preference to do so shall be considered first for reassignment. • Where it is necessary to reassign judges who do not express a preference to be reassigned in order to carry out the purposes hereof. those judges who have had no continual experience or assignment in other areas of responsibility shall be considered next for reassignment. • The next consideration for reassignment shall be given to those who have served short temporary assignments in other areas of the courtls jurisdiction. • Where the reassignment of a judge pursuant to this plan cannot be effec~ed.by consent or by filling a vacancy and another judge is required to be reassigned without having expressed a preference for reassignment, the same criterion herein expressed shall be used to select that judge for reassignment. • Where necessary, in order to accomplish the purpose of this plan in the reassignment of judges, consider- ation shall be given to seniority based on continuous service as a Circuit Judge first, and seniority based On other continuous judicial service in the circuit second, as required by Rule 4F, • January, 1979, any judge who has been assigned to one area of responsibility for one year shall be considered for re- assignment either upon his or her request or as the Chief • Newly appointed or elected judges should have within the first two years of their service the opportunity to gain experience in all areas of the court's jurisdiction by periodic assignments to other areas than the one in which he or she is presently assigned 4 Consentual arrangements approved by chief Judge shall be made where possible, however, where no consentual arrangements can be made, the Chief Judge shall designate the arrangement or temporary reassignment to accomplish this purpose. • Circuit Judges to divisions and the assignment of divisions to hear and dispose of matters pending in the various depart- ments of the clerk's office in Duval County, Florida, shall be as designated on Exhibit 1 attached hereto and made a part hereof. • When any such matter requires a subsequent hearing, the responsibility -therefor shall rest with-the judge who had initial contact with -- 5 of 9 -- " ' " , .
Local Rules for the Circuit Court of the Fourth Judicial Circuit adopted and approved effective January. 1973, was amended to read- "The initial assignment of judges to areas of primary responsibility shall become effective upon the effective date of new
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: d1729297aed3843ea0d1b7d0afb936682bd7f1c4dcbeeeb0ce70182cdacf348d. Extracted from the order's own text layer. Identity confirmed by the document's /Title.
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.