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22 verbatim requirements from administrative order 2017-10-05 - Amended Order Governing Unified Family Court, Orange County.
9th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://ninthcircuit.org/sites/default/files/AO2017-10-05.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • Court shall continue to periodically review and revise family court procedure and process in an effort to achieve the ultimate goal of creating a fully integrated, comprehensive and coordinated approach to handling all cases involving families and children as fully as possible given limitations and abilities. • Related Cases involving the same family will be handled before one judge so that the cases will be coordinated, heard, and determined in a manner that will minimize the number of times and places that a family must appear in court and will minimize the possibility of conflicting determinations in related cases. • Family Court Division and shall be heard by one family judge when deemed appropriate: 1) dissolution of marriage 2) division and distribution of property arising out of a dissolution of marriage 3) annulment 4) support unconnected with dissolution of marriage 5) paternity, including, but not limited to, disestablishment of paternity 6) child support, unless initiated by the Department of Revenue via • However, upon entry of a final civil domestic injunction of any length, all pending Related Cases must be assigned to the family division to which the injunction is assigned. -- 2 of 13 -- • If a domestic relation case is filed or reopened and there is a final civil domestic injunction that has not expired, all pending Related Cases must be assigned to the family division to which the injunction is assigned. • General Practice and Judicial Administration, a fully completed Notice of Related Cases, in the form attached hereto as “Attachment A,” must be filed with the initial pleading by the filing attorney or self-represented petitioner in each of the Related Cases that are currently open and pending with the court and served on all other parties in each of the related cases and as may be directed by the chief judge or designee. • To the extent that any issues of confidentiality apply, all legal requirements must be observed, including any requirements as set forth in rule 2.420. • Parties must file supplemental notices as related cases become known or reasonably ascertainable. • C. above, the parties must file a Notice of Social Security Number, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family • The Petitioner must file the Notice of Social Security Number with the initial pleading and serve it on all parties. • A Respondent must file the Notice of Social Security Number within thirty (30) days of service of the original action or the re-opened case and serve it on all parties. • When cases are identified for consolidation, the Unified Family Court (UFC) case manager is notified, who must complete a thorough review of the matter and related issues and prepare an Order of Reassignment when appropriate, forwarding to the Family Court Division Administrative Judge for signature. • Upon identification, the Clerk’s Office must enter all Related Cases into the Related • The Clerk must record all relevant case numbers on the orders and a separate copy must be placed in each related case file. • Division and Juvenile Division Judges must consult and coordinate with each other so no inconsistent rulings are entered, to ensure certainty for families appearing in the courts, and to minimize the number of appearances families must make in court. • All Divisions in the Ninth Judicial Circuit must work cooperatively together to ensure that multiple judicial determinations concerning a single family do not conflict with one another. • The Notice of Related Cases is required even if the case is uncontested and/or even if there are no related cases. • The Notice of Related Cases must be filed with the initial pleading and served on the other parties in the related cases. • Before you complete the required Notice of Related Cases form you must make a reasonable effort to determine if any related cases exist from your own records/recollection and from public records that may be available in the Clerk’s Office or by web search. • A copy of this form must be mailed, e-mailed or hand-delivered to any other party in your case and must be in accordance with rule 2.516 of the Florida Rules of General • 2. [check one only] ____ I do not request coordination of litigation in any of the cases listed above. ____ I do request coordination of the following cases: _____________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ • IF A NONLAWYER HELPED YOU FILL OUT THIS FORM, HE/SHE MUST FILL IN THE BLANKS BELOW: [fill in all blanks] This form was prepared for the {choose only one}:
Court shall continue to periodically review and revise family court procedure and process in an effort to achieve the ultimate goal of creating a fully integrated, comprehensive and coordinated approach to handling all cases involving families and children as fully as possible given limitations and abilities.
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: 9706ecad92b4073fa1e48edafaf7e337b89a67d6e854ca78b70be2bbd9b70f82. 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.