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Eighth Judicial Circuit — DIVISION/CIRCUIT-WIDE - Family only. Practices change without notice; the court's own published text controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the published source, captured 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used. • AO 5.09 (v4) Page 2 Standing Family Court Order Effective October 21, 2024 Department of Revenue involving only the establishment of child support. 3. The relevant Standing Order shall be effective as to the petitionin g party at the time of filing. 4. At the time of filing, the Petitioner shall submit the Standing Order, which they have signed indicating their receipt thereof. No summons shall be issued in an applicable case unless the appropriate signed Standing Order is filed. If an applicable case is e -filed without a signed Standing Order, that case shall be placed in the “pending queue” by the Clerk of Court until such time as the e-filing attorney corrects the omission. 5. The signed Standing Order shall be docketed by the C lerk as a separate document with its own time stamp. 6. The petitioning party shall ensure that a copy of the signed Standing Order is included with the petition and summons when served on the Respondent. The Standing Order shall be effective as to the Respondent as of the date of service of process of the petition and Standing Order, or upon execution of a waiver of service of process. 7. The Standing Order shall remain in full force and effect during the pendency of the action unless and until modified by court order. 8. Failure to comply with the Standing Order is punishable by contempt, and may result in imposition of any sanctions permissible by law, and deemed appropriate by the court. ORDERED ON this 21st day of October, 2024. Mark W. Moseley, Chief Judge • AO 5.10 (v2) Page A-iv Pretrial Orders Effective October 17, 2016 Order Scheduling Pretrial Conference and Non-Jury Trial 11. SANCTIONS: Failure by a party or an attorney to comply with the requirements of this order may result in the court striking that party’s pleadings, limiting that party’s proof or witnesses, imposing costs and attorney’s fees, and any other appropriate action. DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at , County, Florida, this ____________ day of ______________, . ____________________________ Circuit Judge CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I CERTIFY that a copy of the foregoing has been furnished by US Mail, hand delivery, facsimile delivery, or email delivery to the following parties on this day of , : _____________________________ Judicial Assistant If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled to be provided with certain assistance at no cost to you. Please contact the ADA Coordinator, Alachua County Family and Civil Justice Center, 201 East University Avenue, Gainesville, Florida, 32601 (352 -337-6237) at least seven days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days. If you are hearing or voice-impaired, call 1-800-955-8770 via Florida Relay Service. • AO 5.10 (v2) Page A-iv Pretrial Orders Effective October 17, 2016 Order Setting Non-Jury Trial party’s proof or witnesses, imposing costs and attorney’s fees, and any other appropriate action. DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at , County, Florida, this ____________ day of ______________, . ____________________________ Circuit Judge CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I CERTIFY that a copy of the foregoing has been furnished by US Mail, hand delivery, facsimile delivery, or email delivery to the following parties on this day of , : _____________________________ Judicial Assistant If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled to be provided with certain assistance at no cost to you. Please contact the AD A Coordinator, Alachua County Family and Civil Justice Center, 201 East University Avenue, Gainesville, Florida, 32601 (352 -337-6237) at least seven days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days. If you are hearing or voice-impaired, call 1-800-955-8770 via Florida Relay Service. • AO 5.11 (v1) Page 1 Screening for Certain Diseases Transmitted through a Significant Exposure Effective: November 9, 2017 THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 5.11 PETITIONS FOR INVOLUNTARY SCREENING FOR SEXUALLY TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASES WHEREAS, section 384.287, Florida Statutes, provides that certain law enforcement officers, correctional officers, correctional probation officers, support personnel of the Department of Law Enforcement (including but not limited to crime scene analysts, forensic technologists, and crime lab analysts), firefighters, ambulance drivers, paramedics, and emergency medical technicians who have come into contact with a person in such a way that significant exposure, as defined in section 381.004, has occurred may seek a court order directing the person who is the source of such exposure to submit to screening for sexually transmissible diseases that can be transmitted through a significant exposure if said person will not voluntarily submit to screening; and WHEREAS, the d ecision to render treatment for exposure to sexually transmissible diseases may in certain circumstances have serious consequences if not rendered promptly or if administered unnecessarily; and WHEREAS, a protocol should be instituted for the prompt handling of petitions for involuntary screening which expedites such requests and which also safeguards the due process rights of persons who may be impacted, it is therefore ORDERED: 1. To request an order directing a person to submit to screening pursuant t o section 384.287, a petition shall be filed with the Clerk of Court by the person suffering significant exposure or said person’s employer acting on behalf of the employee entitled “Petition for Order Directing Person to Submit to Section 384.287 STD Scre ening” which shall be accompanied by an affidavit from a physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459 which demonstrates that significant exposure has occurred and that, i n said physician’s
AO 5.09 (v4) Page 2 Standing Family Court Order Effective October 21, 2024 Department of Revenue involving only the establishment of child support. 3. The relevant Standing Order shall be effective as to the petitionin g party at the time of filing. 4. At the time of filing, the Petitioner shall submit the Standing Order, which they have signed indicating their receipt thereof. No summons shall be issued in an applicable case unless the appropriate signed Standing Order is filed. If an applicable case is e -filed without a signed Standing Order, that case shall be placed in the “pending queue” by the Clerk of Court until such time as the e-filing attorney corrects the omission. 5. The signed Standing Order shall be docketed by the C lerk as a separate document with its own time stamp. 6. The petitioning party shall ensure that a copy of the signed Standing Order is included with the peti
Reviewer note: Source sha256: 9ebc4d37f083683b2db86efcedf6a664eee6f688db9eda888f204f462c12cb89, d8d247bb4af7d7c61ae69efeff6c787baea332210b109aadd3d40dae7bfae7d2, 2093afc6405c6ab4bc8e4cbcc9ffb63399eda53baf1d85bbb42e0e3ab0528f07. Corpus categories: FILING_OR_SERVICE. Operative status as recorded: CURRENT_DIRECTORY_CURRENT_VERSION. Published during the 2026-07-24 completeness pass.
The Eighteenth Judicial Circuit (Seminole and Brevard) requires cover letters in PDF format and proposed orders in .docx format using DJMCA formatting codes, submitted through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal.
Florida attorneys must file court documents electronically through the statewide Florida Courts E-Filing Portal (myflcourtaccess.com). Self-represented litigants may e-file through the same portal. Local circuits layer their own formatting and routing quirks on top.
Effective June 15, 2026, every signer of a Florida court filing — attorney or self-represented — represents that "the legal authorities identified exist and are accurately cited," with express sanctions (reprimand, contempt, striking, dismissal, costs, fees) for violations. Companion order AOSC26-12 preempts ALL circuit- and judge-level AI disclosure/certification requirements.