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12 verbatim requirements from 5th Jud. Cir., Kurt E. Hitzemann — 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/hernando-county/judiciary/kurt-e-hitzemann/, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • Please do not call the Court expecting to speak with a Judge about any case. • Communications that do not meet these legal requirements cannot be forwarded to the Judges. **IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING SUBMISSION OF PROPOSED ORDERS** FOR PROPOSED ORDERS submitted by email to jclay@circuit5.org The case style, including case number, shall be indicated in the subject line. • PLEASE SUBMIT ORDERS IN WORD FORMAT (.docx) ONLY (NO WORD 97 OR PDF DOCUMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED) Any email submission shall copy ALL parties by email. • If one or more of the parties do not have an email, your correspondence shall indicate that a copy has been mailed to those parties. • The following verbiage must be added to all documents submitted by email, on cases that have pro-se parties: • It is FURTHER ADJUDGED that within 5 days from the date of eservice of this Order/Judgment, the plaintiff shall 1. • Main St., Room 359, Brooksville, FL 34601) for Judge’s signature AND that have pro-se parties, you MUST include pre-paid self-addressed envelopes with the appropriate number of copies to be conformed. • All motions are required to be e-filed and e-served appropriately, prior to proposed orders being sent in. • If you are submitting more than 10 pages, the documents must be sent by mail. • HEARING CANCELLATIONS A Notice of Cancellation must be e-filed with the Clerk’s Office no later than 24 hours prior to the scheduled hearing time. • If the hearing to be cancelled is within 5 business days of the scheduled hearing, you must emergency e-file the Notice of Cancellation and send a courtesy copy to JoAnne Clay at jclay@circuit5.org • The format for E-Portal is very specific for submission, do not make any changes when you copy and paste from the template to your document .
Please do not call the Court expecting to speak with a Judge about any case.
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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.