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1 verbatim requirement on exhibits & evidence.
Eighth Judicial Circuit — Judge Phillip A. Pena only. Practices change without notice; the court's own published text controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
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Unlock free →When submitting an order or final judgment directing a party to make payments to the State Disbursement Unit, please submit an income deduction order (with attached income withholding order if there is child support) to be entered simultaneously by the Court. It is the responsibility of the receiving party to ensure the obligor’s employer receives a copy of the withholding order pursuant to statute. Cases being relied upon by the parties at a hearing or trial should be provided to opposing counsel and the Court no later than three (3) business days prior to the hearing. However, the Court will always consider any law applicable to the matters being litigated. Litigants should highlight the parts of a law or case that they believe are pertinent to the issues at hand. All other non-exhibit documents that a party wishes the Court to review must be provided to the Court and the opposing part
Reviewer note: Source sha256: 9ef48b7eba9bc9702283dd9231fe4c653aea74051183b49f444595fa942a3ecf. Corpus categories: EXHIBITS | CASE_MANAGEMENT_OR_TRACK | 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 14 of 17 published requirements (82%) still present on 2 source pages (/courts-judges/judge-phillip-a-pena/judge-pena-division-procedures/, /departments-services/proposed-orders-for-judge-phillip-a-pena/). The missing text may have been reworded, moved, or withdrawn — BenchPath does not guess which.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.