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5 verbatim requirements on continuances.
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Unlock free →It is mandatory that all parties consult with one another regarding their availability for hearing. If a hearing is unilaterally set without any effort to coordinate a date and time with opposing counsel, that matter will not be heard by the Court. However, if a party has made a good faith attempt to schedule a hearing with opposing counsel and counsel has failed to respond after three (3) attempts via email and/or phone, then the party may schedule the hearing unilaterally. Any hearings scheduled unilaterally pursuant to these instructions must include a note on the Notice of Hearing stating “Set Unilaterally Pursuant to Judge Van Vorst’s Divisional Instructions.” Further, counsel attending any hearing unilaterally set pursuant to these instructions will be expected to present proof of attempts to coordinate with opposing counsel at the hearing.
Reviewer note: Source sha256: 7c311ffadf0f5f1cf66cd42c9412a20e6f3fc39cd8fbb44bb4aeed7c39b2f344, 42e19fc73515c248a8a57c71517ac049abe8826919b1eab1bcc96b11e38fc3f6. Corpus categories: SCHEDULING_OR_CANCELLATION, PROPOSED_ORDERS | CONTINUANCES | FILING_OR_SERVICE, PROPOSED_ORDERS | SCHEDULING_OR_CANCELLATION | FILING_OR_SERVICE, SPECIAL_SET_OR_EXTENDED_HEARING | 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 13 of 16 published requirements (81%) still present on 1 source page (/courts-judges/judge-kristine-van-vorst/judge-van-vorst-division-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 The missing text may have been reworded, moved, or withdrawn — BenchPath does not guess which.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.
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.