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7 verbatim requirements from administrative order 07-84-06-01 - Amended Administrative Order Governing Limits On Interviews Of Child And Sexual Abuse Victims Under Sixteen Years Of Age Or Persons With Mental Retardation.
9th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://ninthcircuit.org/sites/default/files/07-84-06-01%20-%20Amended%20Order%20Governing%20Limits%20on%20Interviews%20of%20Child%20and%20Sexual%20Abuse%20Victims%20Under%2016.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • The chief judge of each judicial circuit, after consultation with the state attorney and the public defender for the judicial circuit, the appropriate chief law enforcement officer, and any other person deemed appropriate by the chief judge, shall provide by order reasonable limits on the number of interviews that a victim of a violation of s. 794.011, s. 800.04, s. 827.03, or s. 847.0135(5) who is under 16 years of age or a victim of a violation of s. 794.011, s. 800.02, s. 800.03, or s. 825.102 who is a person with mental retardation as defined in s. 393.063 must submit to for law enforcement or discovery purposes. • The order shall, to the extent possible, protect the victim from the psychological damage of repeated interrogations while preserving the rights of the public, the victim, and the person charged with the violation. • All law enforcement agencies in the Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida shall whenever possible coordinate and consolidate the initial and subsequent interviews of an alleged victim of a violation of sections 794.011, 800.04, 827.03, or 847.0135(5), Florida • Whenever possible initial examinations and interviews of such child abuse or sexual abuse victims shall be preserved by audio-visual equipment in order to prevent repetition through multiple interviews. • Matters concerning defense discovery depositions shall be handled on a case by case basis by the court having jurisdiction of the case. • Whenever possible, where there are pending juvenile, civil or criminal cases which arise from the same incident of sexual or child abuse, discovery depositions shall be coordinated by all interested parties. • This Order shall remain in effect until further order of the Court.
The chief judge of each judicial circuit, after consultation with the state attorney and the public defender for the judicial circuit, the appropriate chief law enforcement officer, and any other person deemed appropriate by the chief judge, shall provide by order reasonable limits on the number of interviews that a victim of a violation of s. 794.011, s. 800.04, s. 827.03, or s. 847.0135(5) who is under 16 years of age or a victim of a violation of s. 794.011, s. 800.02, s. 800.03, or s. 825.102 who is a person with mental retardation as defined in s. 393.063 must submit to for law enforcement or discovery purposes.
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: 9282bdca0a45766dec3a8b2f01423c2e37facb855239b93b094523a9419b59e9. Extracted from the order's own text layer.
Judge Bell caps motions and responses at 5 pages for UMC hearings and 12 pages for special-set hearings.
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