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41 verbatim requirements from the procedure documents published under "FM-F Judge Ashley Wells Cox".
Fourth Judicial Circuit, Duval County. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from this judge's published procedure documents (https://www.jud4.org/getContentAsset/73af2fda-24f1-4a0b-9007-d3b795b8bce7/135b97c9-84fa-4e82-b956-0fbccec4aa1f/FM-F-Uniform-Family-Procedures-Updated-no-table-contents7-15-26.pdf?language=en), harvested 2026-08-04; each bullet is quoted whole from the document, whitespace normalised only. • • Self-represented Parties: Self-represented parties must communicate with the Court through their assigned case manager (https://www.jud4.org/family-court-services/self-help/staff- information). Self-represented parties are not permitted to contact the Court’s Judicial Assistant unless such contact is requested by the Judicial Assistant. Judicial Assistants are not authorized to provide legal advice. • • Ex parte Communications: All communications with the judicial office must comply with Canon 3 of the Code of Judicial Conduct, which prohibits a judge from initiating, permitting, or considering ex parte communications and from considering other communications outside the presence of all parties concerning a pending or impending proceeding, unless authorized by law. • • E-Filing Portal Contact Information: All attorneys and self-represented litigants must provide an e-mail address to receive signed orders electronically, unless excused. Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.516. It is the responsibility of attorneys and self-represented litigants to update their contact information using Form 2.603 any time there is a change in the e-mail account registered for electronic service. • 2 • Out of the Office Notification: If the Judicial Assistant is out of the office for more than a day, an automatic reply will be sent to all received emails providing further instruction for the emailed request. • • Ex Parte Hearings: Include only uncontested dissolution cases, motions to set for trial, motions to withdraw, and scheduling hearings lasting more than one hour. Please contact the Court’s Judicial Assistant via email to schedule an ex-parte hearing. The Ex Parte schedule is posted at https://www.jud4.org/ex-parte-dates-judge-s-procedures/duval-judges.
All communications to the judicial office must be submitted by e-mail to nponder1@coj.net.
Reviewer note: Page sha256: a8e70ab94dc6af2d448a0aced7dd9edd3f06b98067c2c2d2a2cad89942b6704f. Requirements taken from the judge's own procedure documents' text layers. | 2026-08-03: the source (rendered DOM (headless Chromium)) no longer contains this rule's quoted text; dropped to medium pending re-composition against the current version. [RECOMPOSED VERBATIM 2026-08-04 (campaign wave, directory-follow): the recorded source was the jud4 link directory; recomposed from the judge's own linked procedure document, sha256 a6fe38787ca95a4750c6108598c92f4b903c2ecb9a72fd2816ae536a4c85a6e0; source_url repaired to the document quoted.]
Judge Damico's order specs are exacting: OLS submission in Word only, "DONE and ORDERED in Palm Beach County, Florida," every party's name and address, subject matter in the title, 1-inch margins, 12-point ADA-accessible font.
Judge Keever-Agrama's office is the courthouse outlier: it does not communicate via e-mail at all — call the Judicial Assistant, including for special-set dates.