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8 verbatim requirements from Fourth Circuit administrative order 1998-19.
Fourth Judicial Circuit (Duval). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from Fourth Circuit administrative order 1998-19 as published by the Duval County Clerk, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • Court- appointed counsel for indigent parents shall be present to represent said parent at the shelter hearings, • E, at the case plan staffing will be a matter to be decided between counsel and his or her client. m (4) The Department of Children and Families shall file a Petition for Dependency not later § than twenty-one days following the shelter hearing. • The Petition shall be filed not later than the seventh day following the shelter hearing 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. • The Department of Children and Families may not refuse to consider any option for resolution solely because "it is • Chief Judge ofthe Fourth Judicial Circuit. 0 (7) The presiding judge shall make available to the parties a form of pleading entitled Request § for Waiver of Court Ordered Mediation. • (8) Arraigmnent shall take place not later than twenty-eight days following the shelter hearing.
Court- appointed counsel for indigent parents shall be present to represent said parent at the shelter hearings,
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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.