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Hernando duty-judge assignment order effective January 1, 2026; the circuit also posts a Hernando weekly duty schedule page. Weekend first-appearance duty is separate (see H-2025-56-C).
Verbatim from the operative section of this order, re-extracted 2026-07-26; whitespace normalised only. • The Administrative Judge of Hernando County shall place the names of all circuit and county Judges in the county into a random rotation, and shall rotate weekly the names of the Judges in order to establish a sequence of weekly assignments as Duty Judge for such duties as described herein during the calendar year 2026. A schedule of such rotation shall be prepared, attached hereto, and become a part of this order. This duty shall be in addition to weekend First Appearance duties as assigned by the Chief Judge of the circuit. • The assigned Duty Judge shall be physically present in the courthouse, except for lunch or unforeseen circumstances, Monday through Friday, during normal working hours when the courthouse is open, to handle any matter necessary during the assigned week. The Duty Judge shall also be available to Hernando County after normal hours during his or her duty week. Court administration staff shall maintain an updated list of contact numbers for each judge. These phone numbers shall be used and distributed for judicial duties only. A duty week begins at 8:00 a.m. on Monday and lasts until 5 :00 p.m. on Friday unless the holiday duty rotation dictates otherwise. SHOULD ANY JUDGE HAVE SCHEDULING CONFLICTS FOR HIS OR HER ASSIGNED WEEKLY DUTY, IT SHALL BE HIS OR HER RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTACT ANOTHER JUDGE TO BE AVAILABLE. ANY SWITCHING OF SUCH DUTY JUDGE ASSIGNMENTS SHALL BE DONE IN WRITING WITH COPIES TO THE FOLLOWING: ALL JUDGES, CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, STATE
The Administrative Judge of Hernando County shall place the names of all circuit and county Judges in the county into a random rotation, and shall rotate weekly the names of the Judges in order to establish a sequence of weekly assignments as Duty Judge for such duties as described herein during the calendar year 2026. A schedule of such rotation shall be prepared, attached hereto, and become a part of this order. This duty shall be in addition to weekend First Appearance duties as assigned by the Chief Judge of the circuit.
Reviewer note: PDF fetched + hashed + text-extracted 2026-07-20. | Set to in_review 2026-07-26: the order's subject looks practitioner-facing but the extracted text captured only recitals or an effective date, not the operative ORDERED section. This is an extraction defect, not a judgement that the order is unimportant — it needs re-extraction before it goes back on the published surface. | Re-extracted 2026-07-26 from the numbered paragraphs following the order's ORDERED clause, replacing a first pass that had captured recitals and the effective date.
2 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1986-33A.
1 verbatim requirement from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1987-09.