4 verbatim requirements from administrative order 2023-22 - Order Governing Adoption Records and Petitions.
9th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://ninthcircuit.org/sites/default/files/AO2023-22.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • Unified Family Court division, the clerk must not release final judgments of adoption from the court file for recording in the official records. • Pursuant to section 63.112(1), Petitions for Adoption must be signed and verified. • Further, under section 92.525(4)(c), Florida Statutes, “The requirement that a document be verified means that the document must be signed or executed by a person and that the person must state under oath or affirm that the facts or matters stated or recited in the document are true, or words of that import or effect.” • To the extent that this Administrative Order may conflict with law, statute, or rule, the law, statute, or rule shall prevail.
Unified Family Court division, the clerk must not release final judgments of adoption from the court file for recording in the official records.
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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.