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Unlock free →Baker, Bradford and Union – Foreclosures - PROPOSED ORDERS for the Civil Division will no longer be accepted via e-filing by the Baker, Bradford and Union County Clerks of Court. Motions should continue to be e-filed with the Clerk’s Office. - Final Judgment (FJ) proposed orders should be brought to the hearing with copies for conforming and envelopes (with sufficient postage) for service. (See Administrative Order 1.07). - When all parties can be e-served (except for FJs), the proposed order should be submitted to the Court (in Microsoft Word format) to foreclosures@circuit8.org. A courtesy copy of the motion, and a cover letter (if any), should accompany the proposed order. If there are parties who have not consented to use of e-mail service, the proposed order, copies for conforming and stamped addressed envelopes should be mailed or hand delivered to the foreclosure case manager who
Reviewer note: Source sha256: 62ab5a550a868a711bc39e2d3cc609435b47b27047a9d0f6c3059a0864d23bf6, fc57085175342e9fc6da90dc48640544b4c488437972a64fd68fb4b2d06ed141. Corpus categories: COURTESY_COPIES | PROPOSED_ORDERS | SPECIAL_SET_OR_EXTENDED_HEARING | SCHEDULING_OR_CANCELLATION | FILING_OR_SERVICE, SCHEDULING_OR_CANCELLATION, CONTINUANCES. Operative status as recorded: LIVE_PAGE_CURRENT_AS_CRAWLED. Published during the 2026-07-24 completeness pass. SOURCE DRIFT MEASURED 2026-07-24: the page(s) these requirements were captured from have been edited since capture. A live re-read found 14 of 16 published requirements (88%) still present on 2 source pages (/departments-services/division-procedures-and-proposed-orders/baker-bradford-and-union-foreclosures/, /general-magistrates-hearing-officers/gm-bridget-baker-division-procedures/). The missing text may have been reworded, moved, or withdrawn — BenchPath does not guess which. Confidence LOWERED to medium until a human re-reads the source. Re-verify before relying on any single clause.
Florida follows the federal summary-judgment standard. The motion must be served at least 40 days before the hearing; the nonmovant's response is due no later than 20 days before the hearing.
How Florida procedural deadlines are computed: exclude the trigger day; count every day for periods of 7 days or more; for periods under 7 days, skip intermediate weekends and legal holidays; roll forward when the last day is a weekend or holiday.
Judge Siperstein requires every motion to be set within 5 days of filing and heard within 60 days, or it may be deemed abandoned.