Courthouses are now open for in-person hearings and trials, based on public health advisories at the direction of the Florida Supreme Court.
TO SCHEDULE A HEARING This Division uses courtMAP. Hearings must be scheduled through courtMAP. The date and time of the hearing must be agreed upon by the parties prior to scheduling the hearing. https://www.jud11.flcourts.org/Programs-and-Services/Online-Services/courtmap Any non-evidentiary special set which can be resolved in 30 minutes or less (such as a CMC, Status Conference, Motion for Continuance) shall be held on Zoom. If you are requesting more than two hours for your referred pleading to be heard, please select an in- person hearing via courtMAP. Any hearing already scheduled and noticed as a Zoom hearing remains a Zoom hearing and will be conducted on Zoom. If a hearing has been scheduled for in-person but all parties agree to convert it to Zoom, an email must be sent to 11thfcgm05@jud11.flcourts.org.
Upon the entry of an Order of Referral to the General Magistrate or an Order of Referral to Hearing Officer, the moving party shall coordinate and schedule a hearing on the referred matter, through courtMAP, within 15 days of the entry of the referral. If the moving party fails to coordinate and schedule the hearing within 15 days of entry of the Order of Referral, the Court will unilaterally set the matter for hearing.
PROPOSED RECOMMENDED ORDERS
If you have been instructed to prepare and submit the proposed Recommended Order of General Magistrate or Recommended Order of Hearing Officer, the proposed Recommended Orders must be submitted via CourtMAP, no later than ten (10) days after the date of the hearing. All proposed Recommended Orders should be agreed to by both parties. If the parties simply cannot agree on the proposed Recommended Order, then each party may submit their own.
If instructed by the General Magistrate to submit Child Support Guidelines, they are to be submitted separately via email to the division at 11thfcgm05@jud11.flcourts.org.
CONTINUANCES Motions for Continuance of a hearing scheduled before the Magistrate must be heard by the Magistrate. All MOTIONS FOR CONTINUANCE must be filed with the Court and emailed to 11THFCGM05@JUD11.FLCOURTS.ORG. No hearing will be continued or re-set without the appropriate Motion for Continuance filed first. If one side objects to the continuance, a hearing will be held on the Motion for Continuance. No hearing will be canceled without Magistrate approval. Your filing of a Notice of Cancellation is insufficient. REQUEST FOR TRANSCRIPTS All hearings before a General Magistrate are recorded electronically. All requests for copies of audio recordings of judicial proceedings by attorneys of record, parties to a case, and self-represented litigants shall be submitted electronically by following the instructions online under Court Reporting Services of the 11th Judicial Circuit website (https://www.jud11.flcourts.org/Court-Reporting-Services). Upon full review of the request and in accordance with Rule 2.420, a final invoice shall be sent to the requester, which must be paid prior to release of the audio recording. INTERPRETERS Interpreters are not provided by the Court. It is your responsibility to bring an interpreter to the hearing if you or your witness need one. One will not be provided for you. Your interpreter must be a professional interpreter, not a friend or relative. EXHIBITS At least seven days prior to any evidentiary hearing, all parties or their counsel shall communicate electronically and try to agree to the authenticity and/or admissibility of any evidence. At least seven days prior to any evidentiary hearing, all parties or their counsel shall file with the e-filing portal and serve on the opposing party or counsel, a Proposed Exhibit List.
The Proposed Exhibit List must contain a description of each of the exhibits a party wishes to use at an evidentiary hearing. Each exhibit listed on the Proposed Exhibit List must be marked for identification on the Proposed Exhibit List as “Petitioner’s 1, 2, 3, etc.” or “Respondent’s A, B, C, etc.". Parties or their counsel must indicate on the Proposed Exhibit List whether the parties agree the document may be admitted into evidence.
The Magistrate will decide at the hearing whether to admit any document into evidence if there is no agreement. At least seven days prior to any evidentiary hearing, all parties or their counsel shall file with the e-filing portal and serve on the opposing party or counsel, each Exhibit which the party wishes to use at the evidentiary hearing. Each Exhibit shall be marked for identification on the bottom of the first page of the document “Petitioner’s 1, 2, 3, etc.” or “Respondent’s A, B, C, etc.” Each marked Exhibit must correspond with the identification markings on the Proposed Exhibit List. (Petitioner’s 1, 2, 3, etc. or Respondent’s A, B, C, etc.). Each marked Exhibit shall be filed with an attached Notice of Filing. Each Exhibit shall be filed separately. Exhibits that have not been filed with the e-filing portal at least seven days prior and do not appear on the docket may not be admitted into evidence, at the discretion of the Magistrate.
If necessary, a status conference may be held to determine the admissibility of your proposed exhibits in advance. You must schedule this status conference via CourtMAP.
If you wish to submit any video evidence, you must provide a USB prior to the hearing. courtMAP will not allow you to upload videos as supporting documents.
EMAIL ADDRESS You must register your email address and physical mailing address with the Clerk of the Court in order to receive notices, reports, and orders. Contact the Clerk of Courts at (305) 275-1155 RESOLVED MATTER: If your matter gets resolved, settled or dismissed, please notify the Magistrate immediately at 11THFCGM05@JUD11.FLCOURTS.ORG.
For Agreed Recommended Orders on General Magistrate or Hearing Officer, supporting documents verifying all parties agreeing to the Order must be uploaded along with the Agreed Order via CourtMAP.
No matter that has been resolved will be taken off-calendar without a copy of the appropriate ORDER OR SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT being provided via e-mail to the Magistrate. No hearing will be canceled without Magistrate approval. Your filing of a Notice of Cancellation is insufficient.
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Please be aware that certain items are prohibited on courthouse premises. If any listed prohibited item is detected to be in your possession when entering a court facility, you will be asked to exit the facility to secure the item elsewhere or dispose of it, before being allowed entry into the facility.