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12 verbatim requirements from administrative order 2024-02 - Administrative Order Governing Collaborative Law Process Procedures.
9th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://ninthcircuit.org/sites/default/files/AO2024-02.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • Agreement shall be a joint notice, in substantial conformity with Florida Family Law Rules Form • 12.985(c), and shall be signed by both individual Collaborative attorneys. • Law Participation Agreement shall operate both as an application for stay of the proceeding and as a notice of appearance if either attorney has not previously filed a notice of appearance in the pending action. -- 1 of 5 -- • Upon the filing of a Notice of Collaborative Law Participation Agreement as described above, a court shall promptly either: • (a) enter a stay of the proceedings ex parte, or (b) notify counsel for both parties that the application for stay must be scheduled for a non-evidentiary hearing. • When a proceeding in a Collaborative matter is pending before a court, counsel shall promptly file a written notice with the court, consistent with Florida Family Law Rule 12.745(b)(2)(D), upon the occurrence of any of the following events concluding the Collaborative Law Process: a. • The provision of notice by either party to the other that the Collaborative Law Process is concluded (consistent with Florida Family Law Rule 12.745(b)(1)(B), the Notice shall not identify the party serving the notice that the Collaborative Law Process is concluded); d. • The attorney who is no longer representing a party shall promptly provide notice to the court, which notice shall identify the date that the notice of discharge or withdrawal of the Collaborative attorney required by Rule 12.745(b)(2)(D) Fla. • Amended Collaborative Law Participation Agreement, and within 30 days of the date the notice of discharge or withdrawal of the Collaborative attorney was provided to the parties, counsel files a Notice of Amended Collaborative Law Participation Agreement in substantial conformity with Florida Family Law Rules Form 12.985(c). -- 3 of 5 -- • In a family law matter in which a Notice of Collaborative Law Participation Agreement has been filed, the affidavit of a licensed mental health professional averring that he or she has acted as a facilitator, coach, child specialist or other similar capacity in the Collaborative Law Process and has spent at least 4 hours educating, training, and assisting each parent to understand the consequences of divorce on parents and children, such assistance of the licensed mental health professional may be considered the “good cause” referenced in section 61.21(4)(b), Florida Statutes, for excusing the parties from the parenting course requirements of section 61.21, Florida Statutes. • Equitable Distribution Schedule, a Parenting Plan, etc.) and both parties execute an acknowledgement of their separate obligations to maintain a copy of the agreement and/or appropriate attachment(s) thereto, the documents which the parties have acknowledged an obligation to maintain shall be reviewed by the court if required, and if incorporated in a court order, may be incorporated only by reference, without requiring the attachment or filing of the document(s). • To the extent that this Administrative Order may conflict with law, statute, or rule, the law, statute, or rule shall prevail.
Agreement shall be a joint notice, in substantial conformity with Florida Family Law Rules Form
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: 71fbb044a4d7271a751448a027c30debfdec50da85446cafc64dfd4a7bb44890. 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.