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3 verbatim requirements on case management.
Eighth Judicial Circuit — Judge Craig C. DeThomasis only. Practices change without notice; the court's own published text controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
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Unlock free →- If you intend to present any evidence or documents to the court at your hearing, you must pre-mark all items for identification (ex. Plaintiff’s A,B,C, etc.) and serve a copy to all parties no less than three (3) business days prior to the hearing. If there are any pro se parties involved in your case, a copy of the pre-marked evidence shall be served on them, via US Mail, no later than ten (10) days prior to the hearing. - In addition, a PAPER COPY of all pre-marked evidence, from each side, shall be received by the Court no later than the deadline contained in your specific order, typically 5 business days prior to the hearing date. This packet will be used by the Court to stamp the official evidence as it is entered at the hearing/trial. - Please confer with all parties prior to the hearing to determine whether there are any stipulations as to the admissibility of evidence. Any pre-
Reviewer note: Source sha256: ef355937d2a48202b4646d9cc44ad8ea297dae1b1ac9fc34fe5e6ff1a181810a. Corpus categories: CASE_MANAGEMENT_OR_TRACK, PROPOSED_ORDERS | CASE_MANAGEMENT_OR_TRACK. 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 26 of 34 published requirements (76%) still present on 2 source pages (/courts-judges/judge-craig-dethomasis/judge-craig-dethomasis-division-procedures/, /departments-services/division-procedures-and-proposed-orders/judge-dethomasis-equitable-distribution-spreadsheets/). The missing text may have been reworded, moved, or withdrawn — BenchPath does not guess which.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.
Parties in dissolution and most family financial cases must exchange a financial affidavit and specified financial documents within 45 days of service of the initial pleading, file a certificate of compliance, and supplement as circumstances change.
Small claims cases (up to $8,000) begin with a mandatory pretrial conference where the court narrows issues and typically orders mediation. Failure to appear can result in default or dismissal.
CV-E runs a structured 150-day case management conference track with published CMO templates for jury, non-jury, and complex settings, plus a projected-vs-actual trial period system and 2026–2027 published trial calendars.