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5 verbatim requirements from 5th Jud. Cir., M-2025-62-B — sha256-hashed 2026-07-25.
Fifth Judicial Circuit (Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Marion, Sumter). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://www.circuit5.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/m-2025-62-b.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • Effective June 15, 2026, cases shall be randomly distributed in the designated dockets of the Circuit Court of Marion County as follows: • In any Domestic Violence and Repeat Violence cases where the parties have a pending domestic relations case, such domestic/repeat violence case shall be assigned to the judge handling the domestic relations case. • In any newly filed domestic relations cases where a Petition for Injunction for Protection has previously been filed, the domestic relations case shall be assigned to whichever judge handled the injunction. • Such rotation shall be listed in the weekend and holiday duty assignments as set forth by a separate administrative order. • County Judge in any instance where County Court jurisdiction is required during such assignment.
Effective June 15, 2026, cases shall be randomly distributed in the designated dockets of the Circuit Court of Marion County as follows:
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: 0ca569c6fab6040aa63486c85407f919041e7163fc83eead3c5a538408f23aca. Extracted from the order's own text layer.
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.