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2 verbatim requirements on continuances.
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 6.03 (v1) Page 2 Unified Family Court Adoption Procedures Effective: December 14, 2005 II. CASE MANAGEMENT OF ADOPTIONS AND RELATED CASES The circuit court has determined that frequent case management of adoption-related cases is reasonable and necessary for the protection of Florida’s children. Therefore, every preliminary placement pending adoption, termination of parental rights under Chapter 63, and adoption file in Alachua County shall be reviewed by a Trial Court Staff Attorney within 14 days of filing. Those filed in the regional counties of the circuit shall be reviewed as promptly as possible and in no case later that 30 days from filing. The Staff Attorney will notify the petitioner and/or petitioner’s attorney, in writing, of any missing documentation or statutory deficiencies in the file. The judge’s office will then calendar the case for an initial case management conference within 60 days. The case will be actively case-managed at least every 30 days until the conclusion of the case. III. MOTIONS FOR APPROVAL OF PLACEMENT PENDING ADOPTION 1. When approval of placement pending adoption is sought by a petitioner, prior to the Court ruling on the request, the petitioner shall file with the Court: a. A preliminary home study, except when the placement is with a stepparent or relative of the child. The preliminary home study shall include an interview with the adoptive parents, a records check of the prospective adoptive parents with the FDLE central abuse registry and criminal records correspondence checks, an evaluation of the home environment and the prospective adoptive parents’ financial security, documentation that counseling/education on adoptive parenting was provided to the prospective adoptive parents, and documentation that information on adoption, the adoptive process and support services was provided to the prospective adoptive parents. b. If the parental rights of the prospective adoptee have not been terminated, the prospective adoptive parents’ written acknowledgment that they were advised that the placement is At-Risk in accordance with §63.092(2), Florida Statutes. c. Unless the adoption and placement are initiated pursuant to Chapter 39, • AO 6.11 (v1) Page 2 Teen Smoking Prevention in Bradford County Effective: January 10, 2002 within thirty (30) days. 5. If the minor admits the infraction and either pays a fine or elects community service hours, the minor must attend the required school-approved anti-tobacco program within thirty (30) days. 6. If the minor requests a court date to contest the infraction, the Clerk shall put the case on the next available traffic calendar. The Clerk shall issue a subpoena for the officer issuing the citation. 7. If the minor appears in court on a citation alleging a violation of section 569.11(1), Florida Statutes, the court shall make a determination as to whether the minor committed a non- criminal violation of section 569.11 (1), Florida Statutes, and if the minor is found to have committed the infraction, the court shall impose sanctions set forth in said statute. 8. If sanctions are imposed, the court shall order the minor to forthwith contact the Clerk so that the Clerk may assign the community service, if ordered, collect the fine, if ordered, and monitor the minor’s compliance with the program attendance. 9. If the minor fails to contact the Clerk within thirty (30) days of the issuance of the citation, the Clerk shall set a hearing on the court’s next reasonable available traffic court date and notify the minor of the hearing and issue a subpoena to the officer issuing the citation. 10. If the minor fails to timely complete the community service (if ordered), attend the anti- tobacco program, or pay a court-ordered fine, the Clerk shall file an affidavit notifying the court of such noncompliance. 11. Upon receipt of the Clerk’s affidavit of noncompliance, the court shall enter an Order to Show Cause why the minor should not be held in contempt of court. 12. Minor’s failure to comply : After due notice and after being given an opportunity to be heard, if the minor fails to comply and fails to show cause for non-compliance, the court shall impose the sanctions dictated by sections 569.11(1) and 322.056(2), Florida Statutes, which
AO 6.03 (v1) Page 2 Unified Family Court Adoption Procedures Effective: December 14, 2005 II. CASE MANAGEMENT OF ADOPTIONS AND RELATED CASES The circuit court has determined that frequent case management of adoption-related cases is reasonable and necessary for the protection of Florida’s children. Therefore, every preliminary placement pending adoption, termination of parental rights under Chapter 63, and adoption file in Alachua County shall be reviewed by a Trial Court Staff Attorney within 14 days of filing. Those filed in the regional counties of the circuit shall be reviewed as promptly as possible and in no case later that 30 days from filing. The Staff Attorney will notify the petitioner and/or petitioner’s attorney, in writing, of any missing documentation or statutory deficiencies in the file. The judge’s office will then calendar the case for an initial case management confere
Reviewer note: Source sha256: cc79966b0868dc49b6ebc236d072358315d065f980be40f9697786c8bcd38b1e, fddb8c978332fbcae867411e87239c0caf5432a981a98d597478aa41d19f468f. Corpus categories: CASE_MANAGEMENT_OR_TRACK | SCHEDULING_OR_CANCELLATION, SCHEDULING_OR_CANCELLATION. Operative status as recorded: CURRENT_DIRECTORY_CURRENT_VERSION. Published during the 2026-07-24 completeness pass.
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.