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3 verbatim requirements on case management.
Eighth Judicial Circuit — Track definition 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. • Complex civil cases shall be designated pursuant to the criteria in Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.201. Upon such designation, complex civil cases shall proceed as provided in that rule. • Pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.200(b)(2), streamlined cases are those that reflect some mutual knowledge about the underlying facts, have limited needs for discovery, well-established legal issues related to liability and damages, few anticipated dispositive pretrial motions, minimal documentary evidence, and an anticipated trial length of no more than 3 days. • General cases are all other actions that do not meet the criteria for streamlined or complex.
Complex civil cases shall be designated pursuant to the criteria in Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.201. Upon such designation, complex civil cases shall proceed as provided in that rule.
Reviewer note: Source sha256: d98a958cd8ed7e324482d6b8bdfe03c25efa2cd38f58649a122e570a003f00ea. Corpus categories: Track definition. Operative status as recorded: CURRENT_DIRECTORY_CURRENT_VERSION_COMPANION. Published during the 2026-07-24 completeness pass.
Parties in dissolution and most family financial cases must exchange a financial affidavit and specified financial documents within 45 days of service of the initial pleading, file a certificate of compliance, and supplement as circumstances change.
Small claims cases (up to $8,000) begin with a mandatory pretrial conference where the court narrows issues and typically orders mediation. Failure to appear can result in default or dismissal.
CV-E runs a structured 150-day case management conference track with published CMO templates for jury, non-jury, and complex settings, plus a projected-vs-actual trial period system and 2026–2027 published trial calendars.