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3 verbatim requirements from Fourth Circuit administrative order 1980-21.
Fourth Judicial Circuit (Duval). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from Fourth Circuit administrative order 1980-21 as published by the Duval County Clerk, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • Iwi-1-1ing to do so may reassign t~lC Llction to the division pr8sJ.dcc.~ . .over by that other judge. . ..,-' ;. '\>< '! (2) Rc-Ji,l"~~~9)~.~Qi~,,,!:!-ssc~_~c.:~on~, ' : ,. .' .. !,.! . f" Hhen any act~on is dIsmisseC!\'lithout prejudice, voluntarily or for \·;ant of prosecution or for any other reason, l' before a finCll j udSIl;1cmt on the merits is entered, and thcre2Liter \, .: at lany time substantially th~ same action (including but not I :l,:-:~' lirrtlted to ~n action for di'Jorce on the same or different grol\nd~)i, ~ in~olving at least on~ pa!'ty on each side v;no y;as involved in the \. i fo~",er dismissed action (eve" tnouc;h tneir positions might be re·· I .';\'.' 'Verlsed I a forr.ler plainti=f beco.iling a ce!:endant and a former dc- I £cndant becoming a olaintif=) I is filed as a nm·} a.ction and assigncc1- i to :a division ciffe~ent frol~ the division to which the dIsmissed \ 1 'forloer actio~ vias assigned , the ne'd action shall immediately be ~ rea'ssigned to" the division to .,.;hich the ... ·dismissed former action w'3S 1 ass'igned.. • The order rea::tsi"gning the ne'd action shall be ent\?r~d' ': by the judge presiding over the division to which the dismissed ! \ former action ':.·iClS assign~d. . .' I 1 . • I divisions may appropriately. be tried toc;ether _(because the same .in-·. cident gave :::1se to each cause of action or otherr~ise) they shall b~ refe~~e.d t~ as cOwpanion act.ions.
Iwi-1-1ing to do so may reassign t~lC Llction to the division pr8sJ.dcc.~ . .over by that other judge. . ..,-' ;. '\>< '! (2) Rc-Ji,l"~~~9)~.~Qi~,,,!:!-ssc~_~c.:~on~, ' : ,. .' .. !,.! . f" Hhen any act~on is dIsmisseC!\'lithout prejudice, voluntarily or for \·;ant of prosecution or for any other reason, l' before a finCll j udSIl;1cmt on the merits is entered, and thcre2Liter \, .: at lany time substantially th~ same action (including but not I :l,:-:~' lirrtlted to ~n action for di'Jorce on the same or different grol\nd~)i, ~ in~olving at least on~ pa!'ty on each side v;no y;as involved in the \. i fo~",er dismissed action (eve" tnouc;h tneir positions might be re·· I .';\'.' 'Verlsed I a forr.ler plainti=f beco.iling a ce!:endant and a former dc- I £cndant becoming a olaintif=) I is filed as a nm·} a.ction and assigncc1- i to :a division ciffe~ent frol~ the division to which the dIsmi
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: b882ede98550c81e92a6fc4ce3da895a794790a6491c807bc239772b42435caa. 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.