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40 verbatim requirements from 5th Jud. Cir., Carla R. Pepperman — 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/courts-judges/lake-county/judiciary/carla-pepperman/, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • Self-represented parties must file the Notice of Hearing with the Clerk of Courts and furnish a copy to all parties involved in the case at least 10 calendar days prior to the hearing by U.S.P.S. • Claim of Exemption hearings are usually scheduled within 10 to 15 business days, if there is time available on the Judge’s calendar. • Landlord Tenant Eviction hearings and Motions to Determine Rent hearings are usually scheduled within 10 business days of the request, if there is time available on the Judge’s calendar. • Please do not submit proposed Final Judgment packages or Orders prior to a hearing. • All documents must be filed with the Clerk’s office not the Judge’s office. • Please do not submit any checks to the Judge’s office or your entire package will be returned to you. • Please be sure to provide an email address, otherwise you may not receive notice of what is happening in your case. 1. • Please keep in mind that these dates and times are NOT held for you, so you must contact the Judicial Assistant to check for availability and to actually have it put onto the Judge’s calendar. • If you do not have an attorney , you can CLICK HERE for a fillable form for a Notice of Hearing by Zoom. • If you do not have an attorney , you must do all of the following: a) Print out the Zoom invitation that was provided to you by the Judicial Assistant. b) Fill out and print the Notice of Hearing by Zoom . • This form must be filled out completely and signed and dated by you. c) Make as many copies of the Notice of Hearing by Zoom and the Zoom invitation that you will need to provide one copy to each party, one to file with the Clerk’s office, and one for yourself. d) Attach a Zoom invitation to each copy of the Notice of Hearing by Zoom. e) Mail the Notice of Hearing by Zoom with the Zoom invitation attached at least 10 calendar days prior to the hearing date to each party involved in the case. • If you do not have an attorney , you can CLICK HERE for a fillable form for a Notice of Hearing by Zoom for Motion to Determine Rent If you do not have an attorney , you must do all of the following: a) Print out the Zoom invitation that was provided to you by the Judicial Assistant. b) Fill out and print the Notice of Hearing by Zoom for Motion to Determine Rent . • This form must be filled out completely and signed and dated by you. c) Make as many copies of the Notice of Hearing by Zoom and the Zoom invitation that you will need to provide one copy to each party, one to file with the Clerk’s office, and one for yourself. d) Attach a Zoom invitation to each copy of the Notice of Hearing by Zoom for Motion to Determine Rent . e) Mail the Notice of Hearing by Zoom for Motion to Determine Rent with the Zoom invitation attached at least 10 calendar days prior to the hearing date to each party involved in the case. • FINAL EVIDENTIARY HEARING FOR TENANT EVICTION IMPORTANT!! All attorneys, parties, and witnesses at the hearing/trial shall have the capability to appear by video, not merely audio. • If you do not have an attorney , you must do all of the following: a) Print out the Zoom invitation that was provided to you by the Judicial Assistant. b) Fill out and print the Notice of Final Evidentiary Hearing for Tenant Eviction by Zoom . • This form must be filled out completely and signed and dated by you. c) Make as many copies of the Notice of Final Evidentiary Hearing for Tenant Eviction by Zoom and the Zoom invitation that you will need to provide one to each party and one to file with the Clerk’s office. • Be sure to keep a copy for yourself. d) Attach a Zoom invitation to each copy of the Notice of Final Evidentiary Hearing for Tenant Eviction by Zoom. e) Mail the Notice of Final Evidentiary Hearing for Tenant Eviction by Zoom with the Zoom invitation attached at least 10 calendar days prior to the hearing date to each party involved in the case. • SUBMITTING EVIDENCE FOR THE FINAL EVIDENTIARY HEARING All prospective evidence must be printed out even if you have already filed it into the Court case file. • All prospective evidence shall be provided to the Court and opposing party or counsel no later than five (5) calendar days prior to the hearing. • Each submission must be identified by CASE NUMBER and identify WHICH PARTY IS SUBMITTING the proposed evidence (ex. • All prospective evidence must be mailed or hand-delivered to the following address: • DO NOT also send paper copies of the proposed Order you have emailed. • Submit to JudgePeppermanProposedOrders@circuit5.org Each submission must include a cover letter in PDF format . • Every Order/Judgment submitted by email MUST contain the following paragraph and it must be placed as your last paragraph just before the DONE and ORDERED line: • It is further ORDERED and ADJUDGED that within 5 days from the date of e-service of this Order/Judgment, the attorney submitting this Order/Judgment shall furnish a copy of this Order/Judgment to each self-represented party who is not registered in the Eportal by U.S. • Each document attached must be titled and saved with the case number FIRST and name of the document, such as: 23CC123 – Cover letter and 23CC123 – Order or 23CC123 – FJ. • If more than one document for the same case is being submitted at the same time, you must identify each one, such as: 23CC123-Order to Compel and 23CC123-Order to Set Aside. • DO NOT send any documents other than the cover letter and proposed Order or Final Judgment to this email address. • DO NOT include a Certificate of Service or a list for copies at the bottom of your proposed documents. • Any document that must have personal service or that needs information added by the Judge’s office or Clerk’s office cannot be submitted by email. • DO NOT SEND a copy (or copies) of the Motion that corresponds to the Order or Judgment you are submitting. • You must send copies for conforming and stamped, addressed envelopes for all pro-se parties. • All proposed orders must be submitted with copies to send to every party listed in the lawsuit, together with stamped, addressed envelopes for each one. • All documents must be sent as an attachment and NOT just in the body of the email. • TO SUBMIT PROSPECTIVE EVIDENCE FOR A TRIAL – you MUST submit all prospective evidence by hard (paper) copy to the Judge’s office, even if you have already filed it into the Court case file. • TO SUBMIT PROSPECTIVE EVIDENCE FOR AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING INCLUDING TENANT EVICTION HEARINGS – If you will be introducing ANY type of evidence for your hearing, you MUST inform the Judicial Assistant that this is an “evidentiary hearing” when scheduling your hearing. • Any prospective evidence must be submitted via hard (paper) copy to the Judge’s office at least 5 calendar days prior to your hearing, even if you have already filed it into the Court case file. • Your proposed Order must be sent in paper form by mail or hand-delivery and cannot be emailed to us. • When you file documents, the Judge’s office does not receive notification or copies of the documents, so if you are requesting any Court action on the motion or request, you must contact the Judge’s office. • If you file a motion that requires a hearing, you must contact the Judicial Assistant at kdabney@circuit5.org or 352-742-4127 to schedule the hearing, as the Judge will not know your motion has been filed.
Self-represented parties must file the Notice of Hearing with the Clerk of Courts and furnish a copy to all parties involved in the case at least 10 calendar days prior to the hearing by U.S.P.S.
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