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1 verbatim requirement on exhibits & evidence.
Eighth Judicial Circuit — DIVISION-WIDE / UNASSIGNED TO A CURRENT INDIVIDUAL 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. • Alachua Family Division DR3 – Procedures - PROPOSED ORDERS for Alachua County are not accepted via e-filing by the Alachua Clerk of Court. Motions should continue to be e-filed with the Clerk’s Office. - Proposed Orders and Final Judgments shall be emailed to courtneyk@circuit8.org in Word format. Please do not send Proposed Orders, Motions, or supporting documentation by United States Mail. All paper filings by attorneys will be refused without processing. The only exception is binders containing supporting Memorandum of Law and corresponding case law, which must be received in the judge’s office (Room 305) by 4:00pm at least five (5) business days before the hearing on your motion. Trial Binders, exhibits must also be received in the Judges office by 4:00pm at least five (5) business days before the trial. - All orders shall have a 2″ x 3.5″ blank space on the first page of the order in the upper right-hand corner. An example of an order with this space requirement can be found here. - All orders shall include a certificate of service at the bottom of the order. Please indicate the name of the party who is to receive the order, as well as that party’s e-mail/e-service address OR mailing address, if a hard copy is required. - If there are any parties to the case requiring service by US mail, attorneys shall submit pre-addressed, postage paid envelopes to Judge Bullard’s office along with copies of the order for conforming. Please make a note of the case number on the envelope.
Alachua Family Division DR3 – Procedures - PROPOSED ORDERS for Alachua County are not accepted via e-filing by the Alachua Clerk of Court. Motions should continue to be e-filed with the Clerk’s Office. - Proposed Orders and Final Judgments shall be emailed to courtneyk@circuit8.org in Word format. Please do not send Proposed Orders, Motions, or supporting documentation by United States Mail. All paper filings by attorneys will be refused without processing. The only exception is binders containing supporting Memorandum of Law and corresponding case law, which must be received in the judge’s office (Room 305) by 4:00pm at least five (5) business days before the hearing on your motion. Trial Binders, exhibits must also be received in the Judges office by 4:00pm at least five (5) business days before the trial. - All orders shall have a 2″ x 3.5″ blank space on the first page of the order i
Reviewer note: Source sha256: 30f4609fd2099bfec52d7e1f140343b9a4b88824516d3051fd70049613978a34. Corpus categories: PROPOSED_ORDERS | EXHIBITS | FILING_OR_SERVICE. 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 0 of 8 published requirements (0%) still present on 8 source pages (/courts-judges/alachua-county-criminal-division-i-proposed-orders/, /departments-services/division-procedures-and-proposed-orders/, /departments-services/division-procedures-and-proposed-orders/alachua-circuit-civil-division-l-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.
Judge Sherman requires TWO identical bound hard-copy sets of pre-marked exhibits for evidentiary hearings at least 7 days out — and anything over 50 pages must arrive as bound hard copies by mail.
Judge Hafele: exhibits in chambers three days before any evidentiary proceeding, courtesy copies two days out, all hearing materials three business days ahead, and interpreter requests seven days in advance.
Judge Mullinax wants physical copies of all documents and exhibits for in-person hearings/trials provided five days in advance; orders in Word (no macros/columns/tabs) within 48 hours, final judgments with a 3-inch top-right margin.