8 verbatim requirements from Fourth Circuit administrative order 2013-16.
Fourth Judicial Circuit (Duval). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from Fourth Circuit administrative order 2013-16 as published by the Duval County Clerk, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • Any foreclosure action and case shall take on an active status classification immediately upon its filing with the Clerk of Court and shall remain in such classification until • Such designations shall not be the prerogative of the Clerk nor within the Clerk’s discretion. • Any such foreclosure action and case shall be considered removed from active status immediately upon the entry and docketing of a Final Judgment in the Clerk’s records, even though a foreclosure sale is set and yet to be completed at some time subsequent to the entry of the Final Judgment. • The Clerk shall also remove from active status any case wherein Notice from Voluntary Dismissal is filed by the Plaintiff. • At any time and for any good and legal cause or reason, and for the purpose of maintaining an accurate record of all pending cases consistent with fulfilling the intent and purpose of the Foreclosure Initiative Data Collection Plan, the Court may, on its own motion, activate or deactivate a case, and the Clerk shall so impose such classification on that case. 6 A case shall not proceed or transfer from inactive status to active status upon the mere filing of any pleading by a pro se litigant or counsel without first obtaining a Court Order. • Any party seeking reactivation shall be infonned of a requirement of a Court Order by the Clerk upon attempting to file for reactivation. • 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 the Court.
Any foreclosure action and case shall take on an active status classification immediately upon its filing with the Clerk of Court and shall remain in such classification until
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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.