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2 verbatim requirements on case management.
Eighth Judicial Circuit — DIVISION/CIRCUIT-WIDE - Juvenile 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 6.02 (v1) Page 2 Dependency Drug Court Effective: October 5, 2012 5. The parent shall undergo the same intake procedures to determine if the parent is appropriate for the Program. If the parent is deemed appropriate, the parent will be court ordered to participate in the Program. 6. In the event that the parent does not meet the criteria for entering the Program, or fails to comply with the program after entry, the Department will review the case to determine if a termination of parental rights proceeding should be initiated. 7. The Program will consist of a multi-phase treatment model of services, to include intensive outpatient counseling, case management, random urinalysis, and crisis support provided by the treatment provider. The Dependency Drug Court team shall consist of the Dependency Drug Court judge or magistrate; the Court Administration Drug Court Coordinator; the Child Welfare Legal Services attorney; a supervisor from the Partnership for Strong Families; a representative from the Guardian ad Litem Program, and the treatment provider. The treatment provider will work with the Department to provide the treatment required by each participant allowing for information regarding the parent to be forwarded to the Dependency Drug Court judge or magistrate. The team shall conduct staffings prior to each dependency drug court session to review the current cases and make determinations on new referrals. 8. The dependency case will continue to be reviewed in dependency court according to state mandates to ascertain compliance with the case plan. 9. Dependency Drug Court will be in session one day a week as directed by the Dependency Drug Court judge or magistrate. Cases will be reviewed in Dependency Drug Court on a weekly basis until the parent completes the initial phase of the Program. During phases two, three, and four, cases will be reviewed on a bi-weekly basis, or as determined by the judge or magistrate. 10. The treatment provider has a valid interest in having partial access to the dependency court file of a child whose parent is a current participant for the purpose of assisting that parent in complying with the case plan. The treatment provider is therefore authorized to attend hearings and have electronic access to the docket and events of the • AO 6.03 (v1) Page 1 Unified Family Court Adoption Procedures Effective: December 14, 2005 THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 6.03 UNIFIED FAMILY COURT ADOPTION PROCEDURES WHEREAS, Chapter 63, Florida Statutes, provides procedures that must be followed in adoption related proceedings; and WHEREAS, the circuit court is charged with the responsibility of hearing and ruling on motions for preliminary placement of minors pending adoption, termination of parental rights pending adoption, and issuing final judgments of adoption; and WHEREAS, it is important that all parties have access to the Court in adoption proceedings and that the parties involved in adoption proceedings receive timely and efficient processing of their cases; and WHEREAS, the circuit court has determined that the establishment of certain time standards and active case management in completing adoption-related cases is reasonable and necessary to protect Florida’s children; It is therefore ORDERED: I. ASSIGNMENT TO THE ADOPTION DIVISION Petitions for preliminary placement pending adoption, termination of parental rights under Chapter 63, and adoption shall be filed in Division AD. A family law judge shall preside over Division AD and shall promulgate a list of the documents and/or tasks required to be filed and/or completed by petitioner before a final judgment will be issued in Division AD cases. Upon the filing of a petition for preliminary placement, termination of parental rights under Chapter 63, or adoption, the Clerk of the Court shall provide the petitioner and/or petitioner’s attorney with the list.
AO 6.02 (v1) Page 2 Dependency Drug Court Effective: October 5, 2012 5. The parent shall undergo the same intake procedures to determine if the parent is appropriate for the Program. If the parent is deemed appropriate, the parent will be court ordered to participate in the Program. 6. In the event that the parent does not meet the criteria for entering the Program, or fails to comply with the program after entry, the Department will review the case to determine if a termination of parental rights proceeding should be initiated. 7. The Program will consist of a multi-phase treatment model of services, to include intensive outpatient counseling, case management, random urinalysis, and crisis support provided by the treatment provider. The Dependency Drug Court team shall consist of the Dependency Drug Court judge or magistrate; the Court Administration Drug Court Coordinator; the Child We
Reviewer note: Source sha256: 1e8193fc157aa0b97993903b2941202bc984beaa21eba53545b0a9124a558bf6, cc79966b0868dc49b6ebc236d072358315d065f980be40f9697786c8bcd38b1e. Corpus categories: CASE_MANAGEMENT_OR_TRACK. Operative status as recorded: CURRENT_DIRECTORY_CURRENT_VERSION. Published during the 2026-07-24 completeness pass.
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.