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Division 1A - Judge Bouressa's Court Procedures (Revised 4/1/2026), as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 03/31/2026). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.
Abusive discovery tactics will not be tolerated. … Opposed motions will not be considered unless set. … Parties must confer on dates before setting any matter. … The movant must file and serve on all parties a notice of oral hearing that sets forth the date, time, and location of the hearing and states whether the hearing is evidentiary. … A party seeking to avoid a particular hearing or trial date must be able to identify a specific conflict with the proposed date. … To have a trial setting removed from the Court's docket due to settlement, one of the following must occur: … Settled cases will not be held on the Court's docket for more than 45 days. … Parties must confer on the following at least 14 days before the pretrial hearing: witness lists, exhibit lists, demonstrative exhibits, deposition excerpts to be offered on direct examination, motions in limine, and proposed jury charges. … All agreed pre-marked exhibits, deposition testimony to be offered on direct examination, and proposed jury charges in Word format must be provided to the Court before or at the pretrial conference. … Pleadings asserting new claims for affirmative relief must be filed and served by this date. … Pleadings asserting new affirmative defenses must be filed and served by this date. … Any party joined before this deadline or thereafter by order of the Court must be served a copy of this Order by the party moving for joinder. … All motions to compel arbitration must be filed and heard by this date. … Parties bearing the burden of proof on a claim or defense must designate experts by this date. … Parties not bearing the burden of proof on a claim or defense must designate experts by this date. … Mediation is required except on leave of court. … The parties and their attorneys shall participate in mediation on or before this date. … Except where otherwise provided by statute or rule, dispositive motions must be filed and heard by this date. … Any objection or motion to exclude or limit expert testimony must be filed and heard by this date.
Reviewer note: Operative mandatory-language provisions quoted verbatim from the registered document; the full document (sha256 1e01a677f301…) is the controlling text.
Establishes a Traffic Violations Bureau within the Clerk of the County Court under Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.100(a) (Burnstein, C.J., Nov. 1, 1988).
Approves the National Highway Safety Council Defensive Driving course as a school to which traffic courts may require attendance (Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.110(a)).
Designates the D.W.I. Counterattack School (Broward County Commission on Alcoholism) as an approved school for court-ordered attendance (Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.110(a)).