Hernando AO H-2025-59-A: Duty Judge Assignment (eff. Jan. 1, 2026)
Summary
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).
Requirement
Duty assignments for Hernando County effective 1/1/2026 per the posted order; consult the live weekly duty schedule page for the current week's judge. Emergency/time-mandated hearings during a judge's unavailability are heard by the duty judge (H-2025-56-C ¶22).
Source of truth
- Source health
- Healthy · checked July 21, 2026
- Effective date
- December 31, 2025
- Last verified
- July 19, 2026fable5-livefetch-2026-07-20
Reviewer note: PDF fetched + hashed + text-extracted 2026-07-20.
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