4th Cir. Admin. Order 2007-03 — IN RE: MENTAL HEALTH COURTS Creation of Mental Health Court · BenchPath

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4th Cir. Admin. Order 2007-03 — IN RE: MENTAL HEALTH COURTS Creation of Mental Health Court

High confidence· verified July 26, 2026Administrative Orders4th Jud. Cir. Admin. Order 2007-03 (Duval Clerk repository)

Summary

9 verbatim requirements from Fourth Circuit administrative order 2007-03 (a further document filed under the same order number).

Applies to

Fourth Judicial Circuit (Duval). Procedural information only; not legal advice.

Requirement

Verbatim from Fourth Circuit administrative order 2007-03 as published by the Duval County Clerk, harvested 2026-07-26; whitespace normalised only. • ORDERED that a Mental Health Court shall continue to remain operational as a subdivision within the Circuit Court and County Court Divisions of both Duval and Nassau • A mental health expert, acceptable to the Mental Health Court, must provide the diagnosis. d. • Defendants that do not meet the criteria for forensic commitment or are retumed from forensic institutions and deemed competent by the referring court may be referred provided they meet other criteria outlined in this Order. • The Mental Health Court, with the concurrence of the state attomey, may consider cases that do not meet every stated eligibility criterion. • When cases have already been assigned to a Criminal Court and have been deemed appropriate for Mental Health Court, the state attorney shall request the Clerk to transfer the case to Mental Health Court. • Defendant must comply with the conditions set forth below, though not all have to be completed immediately upon admission to the Mental • Sampson cease to preside over the Mental Health Court, the judicial replacement shall be assigned by the Chief Judge, who may consult with the Office of the State Attorney, the • IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Administrative Order shall be recorded by the • Clerk of the Court, in the Official Records of Duval County, in the State of Florida, and shall take effect immediately and remain in full force and effect unless and until otherwise ordered by this Court.

Source of truth

ORDERED that a Mental Health Court shall continue to remain operational as a subdivision within the Circuit Court and County Court Divisions of both Duval and Nassau

Official source: Duval County Clerk of Courts — Fourth Circuit administrative orders
Source health: Healthy · checked July 26, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: July 26, 2026benchpath-duval-variants-2026-07-26

Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: 583d3ec5d94d714beb6e62f40e2fe711935971408dd6e6f39cbf9b4eeab1c5c2. Extracted from the order's own text layer. One of several documents the Clerk publishes under order number 2007-03.