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40 verbatim requirements from 5th Jud. Cir., S-2008-22 — 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/2017/10/s2008-22.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • WHEREAS, trial courts must coordinate and maximize court resources and establish linkages with community resources; and • Circuit in and for Sumter County, Florida, which shall include the following types of cases: • The mission of the UFC in Surnter County shall be a commitment to developing a fully integrated, comprehensive approach to handling all cases involving children and families in a prompt and efficient manner. • As a key component of its mission, the UFC shall have broad jurisdiction over all legal problems involving a single family. • The provisions of this Administrative Order shall apply to all cases filed in Circuit Court for Sumter County on or after June 16, 2008. • To the extent that a provision of any prior administrative order of this circuit is in conflict with a provision of this order, the provisions of this administrative order shall apply. • To the extent existing staff and resources can be allocated, the Family Division shall receive case management services and support services to enable the family court judges to assess, differentiate, and monitor resources needed for handling cases, to be able to identify all collateral cases affecting the parties involved, and to monitor the movement of cases through the judicial process. • The case manager shall work with the judge(s) and the Clerk of Court to identify cases involving domestic violence, repeat violence, dating violence, sexual violence and companion cases, and continue to develop techniques to ensure that said cases are managed in a timely and organized manner. • The court shall utilize, where appropriate, the services of the Guardian ad Litem Program to ensure representation of the best interests of children involved in cases with allegations of abuse, abandonment and/or neglect. • A current list of supervised visitation centers shall be maintained by the Case Manager and it will be made available in the Clerk's office. • Pursuant to $61.21(4), Florida Statutes, all parties to a dissolution of marriage proceeding with minor children or a paternity action that involves issues of parental responsibility shall be required to complete a Parent Education and • The circuit shall maintain a current list of providers approved by the • In all original actions for Dissolution of Marriage with minor children or paternity actions involving issues of parental responsibility, the Clerk of Court shall attach a copy of ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER #A2008-03 RE: • The party filing the action shall be bound by the Order upon the filing of the case. • The Respondent shall be bound by the Order upon receipt of service. -- 4 of 14 -- • All minor children whose parents are involved in a dissolution of marriage or paternity action that involves issues of parental responsibility, shall enroll the minor children in any school program designed to assist children with issues involved in separated families if said program is available at the school in which the children are enrolled. • The circuit shall utilize the services of mental health, substance abuse, and domestic violence service providers, when appropriate. • The Chief Judge and the Family Law Judge shall collaborate with the relevant security provider to ensure that adequate and sufficient security personnel and equipment are available to ensure that Family Divisions are safe enviroments. • Domestic violence hearings, and any other family hearing with special safety concerns, shall be held in a courtroom, whenever possible. • Any person who has reason to believe any matter may pose special safety concerns shall notify security or courtroom personnel immediately. • Sumter County's UFC shall use available technology to access information essential to case management and coordination, to print forms and notices as quickly as possible, to generate statistical reports, to provide public access and inter-agency access to records and to allow teleconferencing andlor the appearance of witnesses by electronic means, when provided by law. • The petitioner in a family case shall file a UFC Civil Cover Sheet. • All parties shall comply with the requirements of Rule 2.085(d), Florida Rules of Judicial Administration. • Upon discovery of the existence of one or more pending related case involving the same parties, or their children, in which one or more judges has been assigned, unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by the presiding judges, dependency, family and domestic and repeat violence companion cases shall be assigned according to the protocols that follow below. • UFC cases shall be coordinated, heard and determined in a manner that will minimize the number of times and places that a family has to appear in court and will minimize the possibility of conflicting determinations of the same or related case. • Notification - The Case Manager shall be notified upon the identification of these related cases by any of the three methods indicated above in IVA2(a-c) and will take the appropriate actions as delineated in Sections IVB - IVE of this • Resources - In order to avoid duplication and maximize the efficient use of resources, all reports, evaluations, memoranda and orders pertaining to UFC cases shall be shared by the judges assigned to such cases, and shall be made available to all counsel and the parties for purposes of hearings, dispositions and resolution of the matters before the Court. • To the extent that any issues of confidentiality may apply, all legal requirements shall be observed. • The following types of cases shall be specifically assigned in the following manner: • The case shall be set for Permanent Injunction hearing on the Injunction docket and transferred to UFC. • Both cases shall be assigned to UFC until the Motion is resolved. • The Injunction Court calendar shall control until that -- 7 of 14 -- point. • The Motion shall be set for hearing on the Injunction Court docket to preserve consistency of case disposition and judicial economy. • In order to create administrative coordination between the delinquency and dependency courts, where a juvenile has case(s) in both jurisdictions of the Juvenile Court Division, and to ensure that multiple determinations concerning a juvenile are complementary to, and do not conflict with one another, the Juvenile Court Division shall develop an adequate and effective case management system to identify these UFC cases (where at least one of the delinquency and/or dependency case(s) are currently active) and have the • This section shall apply to those cases wherein a matter is pending only in the • The following types of cases shall be specifically assigned in the following manner: a. • The case shall be set for final hearing on the Injunction Court docket and transferred to the Juvenile Division Judge only upon motion and good cause shown. -- 8 of 14 -- c. • These motions shall be filed in the Juvenile Delinquency or Dependency file and set for hearing on that docket. • The motion shall be ruled upon prior to the scheduled Permanent • Motion for Transfer shall be filed with the Clerk of the Court, bearing the
WHEREAS, trial courts must coordinate and maximize court resources and establish linkages with community resources; and
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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.