9 verbatim requirements from administrative order 07-90-05 - Administrative Order.
9th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://ninthcircuit.org/sites/default/files/07-90-05.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • Thompson, Jr., pursuant to the authority vested in me as Chief Judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida, do hereby order that the following procedures shall be established to be effective October 1, 1990, and shall continue until further order: • The Clerk of Court shall assign all cases involving dissolution of marriage under the simplified dissolution procedure to the County Judge hearing Civil matters. • Court files for such cases shall be imprinted or stamped "SIMPLIFIED" and thereby distinguished from all other dissolution of marriage cases. • The Clerk of Court shall assign all cases for dissolution of marriage that are initially filed as uncontested to the County Judge hearing Civil matters. • Court files for such cases shall be imprinted or stamped "UNCONTESTED" and thereby distinguished from all other dissolution of marriage cases. • If a dissolution of marriage case that is initially filed as contested later is determined to be uncontested, the parties shall file a joint stipulation, affidavit or oral request declaring that the case is now uncontested, and the Clerk of Court shall imprint or stamp the court file as "UNCONTESTED" and reassign the case to the County Judge hearing Civil matters. • County Judge should become contested in any matter, such case shall be reassigned to the • The Clerk of Court shall compile and record statistics for all cases assigned to the • County Judge under this Administrative Order and shall include these statistics on all relevant reports after October 1, 1990, in accordance with Senate Bill 1322, Chapter 90-269, Laws of
Thompson, Jr., pursuant to the authority vested in me as Chief Judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida, do hereby order that the following procedures shall be established to be effective October 1, 1990, and shall continue until further order:
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: 902c7acefde25e2c3fcba73df6fbe35d64d8dcd8ea11cd4bf70bd6646373d4b7. 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.
Judge Alijewicz requires every motion for attorney's fees and/or costs to attach a document detailing time records — no records, no fee award.
Judge Corlew bars informal contact: every communication with the Court must be in writing, filed with the Clerk, with copies furnished to all parties — and no calls to the JA to schedule or cancel UMC.