Sumter AO S-2025-58-A: Judicial Assignments (county/officers eff. June 1; circuit eff. June 29, 2026)
Summary
Controls the five Sumter benches with split effective dates — county court, general magistrate and hearing officer June 1, 2026; circuit assignments June 29, 2026. Helm: felony/delinquency/Ryce + Administrative Judge; Daly: circuit civil/guardianship/mental health/Drug Court/RPOs; Hatcher: family/dependency/UFC/probate (order supersedes her stale felony profile text); Militello: county criminal + criminal traffic; Senn: county civil/small claims/civil traffic/first appearances.
Requirement
Verbatim effective-date clause (hashed PDF): "this order shall be effective as follows: a. as to the county court, general magistrate, and hearing officer assignments (paragraphs iv, v, vi, and vii), monday, june 1st, 2026; b. [circuit assignments June 29, 2026]." Assignments: Helm — felony, juvenile delinquency, Jimmy Ryce, administrative duties; Daly — circuit civil, guardianship, mental health, Drug Court, RPOs; Hatcher — family, DR, juvenile dependency, unified family court, probate (live profile still describes felony — the order controls); Militello — county criminal AND criminal traffic; Senn — county civil, small claims, civil traffic, first appearances. Sumter CY2026 duty rotation is separately set by S-2025-52.
Source of truth
a. as to the county court, general magistrate, and hearing officer assignments (paragraphs IV, V, VI, and VII), Monday, June 1st, 2026
- Source health
- Healthy · checked July 21, 2026
- Effective date
- May 31, 2026
- Last verified
- July 19, 2026fable5-livefetch-2026-07-20
Reviewer note: Fetched + hashed + text-verified 2026-07-20 (sha256 318ead3d…). Hatcher rotation-drift (profile vs order) preserved as site anomaly.
Related rules
AO 2026-03-Gen — Use of AI in Court Filings [VACATED eff. 6/15/2026 by AO 2026-19-Gen]
The 17th Circuit's circuit-wide AI disclosure/certification mandate (Jan 2026, twice amended) was VACATED in its entirety effective June 15, 2026 by Chief Judge Phillips's AO 2026-19-Gen, expressly citing the statewide framework (AOSC26-12; Rule 2.515(d)(2), SC2026-0673). Several division procedure pages still cite the vacated order.
AO 24-20 — Circuit Civil Active Case Management
Every circuit-civil case reviewed within 120 days of commencement and assigned a track (complex, streamlined, or general); case management orders required; firm continuance policy; sanctions for missed deadlines. Rescinds AO 21-09.
AM 23-C — Uniform Average Time Standards for hearings
Circuit-civil hearing-availability standards: motion calendars ~2 weeks from request; 15-30 min special sets within 45-60 days; longer special sets scale.
AO 22-02 — Docket index numbers on notices + proposed orders
Every attorney-generated notice of hearing and every proposed order must list the docket index number / motion identifier of the motion at issue.