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Official rule; awaiting reverification against the current source text. Verify with the clerk, judicial assistant, or official court website before relying on it.
2 summarised requirements on mediation.
Fifth Judicial Circuit — Judge Jason L. Smith only. Practices change without notice; the court's own published text controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
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Unlock free →A notice of mediation must be filed within 30 days of the referral order.
Reviewer note: Source sha256: . Corpus categories: MEDIATION_NOTICE, MEDIATION_SUMMARY. Quote status as recorded by the researcher: NORMALIZED_FROM_OFFICIAL_SOURCE; NOT A VERBATIM QUOTE. PARAPHRASE — published at medium confidence because the corpus itself marks this text as a summary, not a quotation. Published during the 2026-07-24 completeness pass.
Judge Shull requires ALL motions set for special-set hearing to go to mediation before the hearing is held.
Judge Burkhart will not schedule a temporary-relief hearing until mediation has been held ON the temporary relief sought — mediation first, hearing second.
Judge Sharrit refers ALL cases to mediation (exceptions only by leave) and openly encourages Special Magistrates under Rule 1.490(b) to beat the hearing-time bottleneck.