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7 verbatim requirements on continuances.
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Reviewer note: Source sha256: abb4afca0b4fad6baf54ad2de5c307f29401d1e9ddd986c3b48fd6af528b4b7c. Corpus categories: SCHEDULING_OR_CANCELLATION, COURTESY_COPIES | SPECIAL_SET_OR_EXTENDED_HEARING | SCHEDULING_OR_CANCELLATION, CASE_MANAGEMENT_OR_TRACK | SCHEDULING_OR_CANCELLATION, SPECIAL_SET_OR_EXTENDED_HEARING | SCHEDULING_OR_CANCELLATION, CONTINUANCES, COURTESY_COPIES | SCHEDULING_OR_CANCELLATION. 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 31 of 33 published requirements (94%) still present on 1 source page (/courts-judges/judge-james-m-colaw/judge-james-m-colaws-division-procedures/). The missing text may have been reworded, moved, or withdrawn — BenchPath does not guess which. Confidence held at high because the overwhelming majority survived verbatim. Re-verify before relying on any single clause.
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.