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Administrative Order 2018-09 (Second Judicial Circuit Alternative Dispute Resolution Program) establishes the circuit's ADR/mediation framework; it remains active per the live ledger. Family mediation contract mediators and parenting coordinators are published on the court's mediation pages (in BenchPath custody).
Establishes the after-hours duty-judge system for ex parte protection-against-violence injunctions: weekly rotation, after-hours and weekend/holiday clerk intake under §§741.30, 784.046 and 784.0485, and sheriff acceptance of faxed or electronically transmitted certified injunction copies for service.
1 summarised requirement on hearings.
5 verbatim requirements from Fourth Circuit administrative order 1996-20.
4 verbatim requirements from Fourth Circuit administrative order 1996-20 (a further document filed under the same order number).
Family motions are filed with the Family Division Clerk or e-filed, then scheduled through courtMAP seven days before the motion-calendar date; transfer calendars twice monthly on Tuesdays at 11:30 AM, courtroom 28C (Lawson E. Thomas).
1 summarised requirement on remote appearances.
1 summarised requirement on remote appearances.
1 summarised requirement on judge preferences.
43 verbatim requirements from the procedure documents published under "Judge James E. Kallaher".
1 summarised requirement on hearings.
1 summarised requirement on remote appearances.
1 summarised requirement on remote appearances.
1 summarised requirement on judge preferences.
1 summarised requirement on exhibits & evidence.
1 summarised requirement on hearings.
1 summarised requirement on judge preferences.
1 summarised requirement on continuances.
2 summarised requirements on hearings.
1 summarised requirement on judge preferences.
Judge Goudie's TD-2 grants no continuances once a case transfers in — continuance motions belong to the letter-division judge — and parties may not contact trial divisions to solicit trial dates.
Judge Bauman: PTCs, trials, and evidentiary hearings require counsel AND clients at the courthouse; the Court will not schedule on WebEx; no piggybacking matters onto set hearings; and proposed orders must NOT enter the queue before the hearing happens.
Judge Tompkins orders counsel to study Smith v. Crider before filing an emergency motion, files it with the Clerk only (never deliver to the judge), and runs UMC at 7–10 minutes per case.
Judge Goudie's remote-evidence protocol is the strictest in the circuit: witnesses show photo ID before being sworn, must be alone in a quiet room, may not use virtual backgrounds, must shut off other devices, and will be asked to scan the room before testifying.
Judge DePaul's matrix: non-evidentiary ≤30 minutes on Zoom (pro se CMCs in person); evidentiary or >30 minutes in person, with evidentiary set at 60 minutes; Zoom-noticed evidentiary hearings without permission may be cancelled; phone appearances risk rescheduling.
Judge Hooi does not usually allow hybrid hearings (one side in person, one virtual); if both sides prefer, everyone may appear in person instead; emergencies route through the clerk to a judge-entered handling order.
Judge Felix's scheduling protocol: the JA offers at least two dates; if the responding side stays silent for two business days after a documented good-faith attempt, the movant may pick the hearing time.
3 verbatim requirements on filing.
1 verbatim requirement on exhibits & evidence.
2 verbatim requirements on exhibits & evidence.
2 verbatim requirements on filing.
2 verbatim requirements on remote appearances.
1 verbatim requirement on exhibits & evidence.
2 verbatim requirements on filing.
2 verbatim requirements on remote appearances.
6 verbatim requirements on continuances.
1 verbatim requirement on case management.
1 verbatim requirement on exhibits & evidence.
5 verbatim requirements on continuances.
5 verbatim requirements on judge preferences.
8 verbatim requirements on judge preferences.
3 verbatim requirements on filing.
3 verbatim requirements on filing.
12 verbatim requirements on judge preferences.
4 verbatim requirements on continuances.
4 verbatim requirements on filing.
4 verbatim requirements on filing.
6 verbatim requirements on continuances.
15 verbatim requirements on judge preferences.
4 verbatim requirements on remote appearances.