Judicial Section Details

If you have an emergency petition/motion, it must be filed with the Clerk of Courts and appear on the case docket prior to submitting via courtMAP.  Once filed, submit a copy of the filed emergency petition/motion to chambers via courtMAP.

Your petition/motion must contain the following:
-a certification that the matter is a true emergency and cannot wait to be heard during a special set hearing.
-a statement indicating that opposing counsel has been notified in an attempt to resolve the matter in an amicable manner. 

Once the Court reviews the emergency petition/motion, the parties will either receive an e-mail with instructions, a Court Order, or a Notice of Hearing via courtMAP.

To schedule a Foreclosure Motion Calendar hearing, please refer to the on-line scheduling system (courtMAP).  See here, courtMAP.  Foreclosure Motion Calendar is held virtually via Zoom on Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m.  The moving party MUST coordinate the date/time with opposing counsel based on the Court's availability, which is found on courtMAP.  Please ensure that the petition/motion to be heard has been e-filed and appears on the Clerk of Court's docket before scheduling hearing.  Cases need only to be placed on calendar once, however, multiple petitions/motions may be heard/attached to the single submission through courtMAP.

The setting party shall file a Notice of Hearing, inclusive of the full title of pleading that is being set, the Docket Index Number for said pleading, and the Zoom link, via ePortal and serve same upon all necessary parties.

Please submit courtesy copies via courtMAP under “Supporting Documents” immediately upon scheduling hearing.  Parties wishing to submit a response to a matter must e-file said response with the Clerk of Courts and submit the response via courtMAP to chambers under “Supporting Documents,” at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing date.

To cancel a Foreclosure Motion Calendar hearing, please do so directly via courtMAP and notify all parties.

To schedule a Motion Calendar hearing, please refer to the on-line scheduling system (courtMAP).  See here, courtMAP.  Motion Calendar is held on Tuesdays virtually via Zoom at 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.  The moving party MUST coordinate the date/time with opposing counsel based on the Court's availability, which is found on courtMAP.  Please ensure that the petition/motion to be heard has been e-filed and appears on the Clerk of Court's docket before scheduling hearing.  Cases need only to be placed on calendar once, however, multiple petitions/motions may be heard/attached to the single submission through courtMAP.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Motions to Dismiss AND motions and/or objections relating to discovery disputes shall not be placed on the Motion Calendar as said motions shall be specially set for hearing.

The setting party shall file a Notice of Hearing, inclusive of the full title of pleading that is being set, the Docket Index Number for said pleading, and the Zoom link, via ePortal and serve same upon all necessary parties.

 Please submit courtesy copies via courtMAP under “Supporting Documents” immediately upon scheduling hearing.  Parties wishing to submit a response to a matter must e-file said response with the Clerk of Courts and submit the response via courtMAP to chambers under “Supporting Documents,” at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing date.

To cancel a Motion Calendar hearing, please do so directly via courtMAP and notify all parties.

To submit Notices of Readiness for Non-Jury Trial, the Notice must be filed with the Clerk of Courts and appear on the case docket.  Once filed, e-mail to Judicial Assistant at yvarelawong@jud11.flcourts.org.

For Jury Trials, counsel may select the trial period directly via courtMAP.

 All cases must have a current Case Management Report and Case Management Order in place setting forth deadlines, please refer to Administrative Order No. 24-20, In Re: Re-Establishment of Procedures for Active Case Management in the Circuit Civil Division.  See, Administrative Order No. 24-20.

Do not submit proposed orders related to a hearing prior to that hearing taking place.

Proposed orders must be uploaded via courtMAP within seven (7) days from the date of hearing; it must include the Docket Index Number for the underlying petition/motion; AND must be typed in Times New Roman, size 14 font.

If the matter has been heard by the Court, include the date the hearing took place in the first paragraph of your proposed order.

To check the status of a proposed order, please log on to courtMAP and access the workbench folder.  A list of all pending, approved and rejected submissions appear in the workbench folder.

SUBMISSION OF COMPETING ORDERS:
DO NOT SUBMIT VIA COURTMAP.  To submit competing proposed orders, please e-mail the proposed order, in Word, to the Judicial Assistant and copy all parties.  The proposed order must list the submitter's name on the title of the proposed competing order.  Do not submit competing orders via courtMAP.

No unilateral scheduling allowed.  In-person hearings will be held at the OSJC, Courtroom 16C.

NOTE: ALL MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT MUST BE HEARD VIA ZOOM.

To schedule a Zoom special set hearing, please refer to the on-line scheduling system (courtMAP).  See here, courtMAP.  The moving party MUST coordinate the date/time with opposing counsel based on the Court's availability, which is found on courtMAP.  Please ensure that the petition/motion to be heard at the special set hearing has been e-filed and appears on the Clerk of Court's docket.

To schedule a special set hearing that requires two (2) hours or longer, please e-mail “Request for Special Set Hearing” form to Judicial Assistant at yvarelawong@jud11.flcourts.org.  For more information, please see below.  Indicate approximately how much time you believe will be needed for the hearing, and if there are certain dates on which the parties are unavailable.

IMPORTANT NOTICE WHEN SETTING: The setting party shall list the full title of pleading(s) that is/are being set, the Docket Index Number for said pleading(s), and if hearing will be “evidentiary/non-evidentiary.”  Should no indication be listed as to evidentiary/non-evidentiary, there will be NO Clerk reserved for evidence admission at the time of hearing.

Specially set hearings are NOT scheduled until they are approved by the Court.  If the submission is rejected, the moving party will receive a rejection notice which will detail the reason for the rejection (this rejection will also appear in the submitter's workbench/rejected folder). Once the Court has approved the submission, the parties will receive an email from courtMAP indicating same.  A Notice of Hearing will be generated by the system, e-filed and served upon the parties via courtMAP.

COURTESY COPY SUBMISSIONS:

 For Zoom Motion Calendar and Special Set hearings, please submit courtesy copies via courtMAP under “Supporting Documents” immediately upon scheduling hearing.  Parties wishing to submit a response to a matter must e-file said response with the Clerk of Courts and submit the response via courtMAP to chambers under “Supporting Documents,” at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing date.

 For in-person Special Set hearings, NO courtesy copies are to be submitted to chambers prior to hearing.  Any party wishing the court review evidence or case law during the hearing should put them on the screen or bring loose hard copies.  NO BINDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

 SPECIAL SET CANCELLATIONS:

 All special set cancellations must be approved by chambers as the parties will not be able to cancel a special set hearing directly through courtMAP.  To cancel a special set hearing, please request cancellation by e-mailing Judicial Assistant at yvarelawong@jud11.flcourts.org and copying all parties.  Upon the Court’s confirmation of cancellation of the special set hearing, the requesting party shall file a Notice of Cancellation via the ePortal.

Please review the Notices for Trial section.