Judge Hatcher (Sumter family/probate): notify after e-portal… — Sumter County, FL · BenchPath

Judge Hatcher (Sumter family/probate): notify after e-portal acceptance; 3-day processing; 4-day interpreter requests

Medium — verify before relying· verified July 19, 2026Judge PreferencesMary P. Hatcher official profile (circuit5.org)

Official rule; awaiting reverification against the current source text. Verify with the clerk, judicial assistant, or official court website before relying on it.

Summary

Chambers should be notified after a filing is accepted through the e-portal (not before it appears on the docket); allow three business days for chambers to process hearing submissions; interpreter requests at least four business days ahead; editable-Word proposed orders.

Source of truth

Official source: 5th Circuit — circuit5.org official site (AOs, judge pages, procedures)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 24, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: July 19, 2026fable5-livefetch-2026-07-20

Reviewer note: Verified from live circuit5.org fetch 2026-07-20 (page/PDF hashed). Confidence set to medium 2026-09-08 (H3 re-verification): the live official document no longer carries this text verbatim — see the open change_detected task on its source.

Criminal — Felony Juvenile Dependency

Change history

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High confidence· verified September 9, 2026Seventeenth Judicial Circuit (pp. https://www.17th.flcourts.org/division-mn/) — captured and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24

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Judge Hatcher (Sumter family/probate): notify after e-portal acceptance; 3-day processing; 4-day interpreter requests

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