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8 verbatim requirements from the procedure documents published under "PR-B Judge Thomas M. Beverly".
Fourth Judicial Circuit, Duval County. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from this judge's published procedure documents (https://www.jud4.org/getContentAsset/c4f43d2c-4e35-49fe-97f3-5042c1e2d470/135b97c9-84fa-4e82-b956-0fbccec4aa1f/ExParte-Procedures-9.pdf?language=en), harvested 2026-08-04; each bullet is quoted whole from the document, whitespace normalised only. • Proposed orders come directly to the Court. They do not go through the Clerk first. Your pleading must be filed through the Clerk and appear on the docket prior to submission of your order. • The following change was made as of August 8, 2025: ORDERS OF DISCHARGE (both probate and guardianship) will no longer be submitted by paper directly to the Clerk. Upon completion of the Clerk’s audit, the Clerk will send a notification to the attorney of record. Upon receipt of the notification from the Clerk, you may submit your proposed order of discharge through the e-portal. • ELECTRONIC ORDERS Exception (TESTATE cases only): · The initial Order Admitting Will along with any accompanying order(s) such as an Order Appointing Personal Representative, Letters of Administration, or if it’s a testate summary administration, the Order admitting will and Order of Summary Administration. These should be formatted for a wet signature (no codes) and mailed or hand delivered directly to the Clerk (not filed through the portal). Please do not email the clerk. • URGENT ORDERS: You may send those via email to the Judicial Assistant. The email must include the following information: subject line: URGENT: Case number, case name, and reason for the email (e.g., PENDING SALE; EMERGENCY TEMPORARY GUARDIAN, etc.) REQUESTS FOR HEARINGS: · Email works best for hearing requests. The Zoom link will be provided by the Judicial Assistant upon confirmation of a date and time. • EVIDENTIARY HEARINGS / NON-JURY TRIALS: MATERIALS PROVIDED TO THE COURT. Each party shall provide to the Court exhibits or hard copies of any materials to be considered at the hearing at least three business days prior to the commencement of the hearing. Tabbed, three-ring binders are preferred.
Your pleading must be filed through the Clerk and appear on the docket prior to submission of your order.
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 a23d8328ade46000fc65493621c7692f1d390f98c3f8c7972ddbb9fa5584df8b; 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.