Judicial Section Details

Judicial Assistant E-mail: yvarelawong@jud11.flcourts.org

IMPORTANT MESSAGE:
All hearings are to be scheduled via courtMAP.  If a hearing is scheduled as an "in-person" hearing type, the hearing will be held at the OSJC, Courtroom 16C; and, if the hearing is scheduled as a "Zoom" hearing type, the hearing will be held via the Zoom platform, which is free to you.  A Zoom link will be created by the Court.  Parties may participate by video or by calling the phone number listed in the invitation.  Video appearance is required for any participant whose testimony is necessary so the judge can administer the oath.

SELF-REPRESENTED PERSONS:
Lay persons are required to follow the Florida e-Portal instructions for e-filing and e-service of documents.  See here, Florida e-Filing Portal.

For setting hearings, a self-represented person is also responsible for doing so via courtMAP.  See here, courtMAP.  If you resolve your matter prior to hearing, please cancel it by e-mailing the judge’s judicial assistant.  The parties will not be able to cancel a special set hearing directly through courtMAP.

COURTESY COPY SUBMISSIONS:
For Zoom Motion Calendar and Special Set hearings that are non-evidentiary and require thirty (30) minutes or less, 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 that are evidentiary and/or require forty-five (45) minutes or longer, 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.

MANDATORY CASE MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES:

Please refer to the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Administrative Order 24-20, In Re: Re-Establishment of Procedures for Active Case Management in the Circuit Civil Division.  See, Administrative Order No. 24-20.

Also refer to, Civil Division case management information page.

CALENDAR CALLS:
Calendar Call for Jury Trials will be held via the Zoom platform.  Jury trials are being held in person. Non-Jury Trials, other than Foreclosures, will be decided on a case-by-case basis.  Foreclosure trials will be held via Zoom.

FWOP & CMC (CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCES):
FWOP - will be held via the Zoom platform.  All parties must appear regardless of filing written Showing Good Cause.

CMC – to schedule a CMC, please file a petition/motion for case management conference outlining issues to be heard at the CMC and ensure it appears on the Clerk of Court's docket.  Once the petition/motion is filed and it appears on the Clerk of Court’s docket, same may be set for hearing directly via courtMAP under the court's Motion Calendar hearing slot.

SUBMISSIONS OF ORIGINAL NOTES:
DO NOT FILE ORIGINAL LOAN DOCUMENTS.  The original note/loan documents are to be delivered to Clerk of Courts attention Notes and Mortgages, Osvaldo N. Soto Miami-Dade Justice Center, 20 NW. 1st Avenue, 3rd Floor, Miami, FL 33128; and it is also encouraged to use a delivery method with tracking. 

LOST NOTE: The Court requires an Indemnity Bond for any Lost Note.

MOTIONS FOR SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL OR WITHDRAWAL:
If you are submitting an order on a Stipulation for Substitution of Counsel, you must file the written Consent of the client.  Additionally, the name and Florida bar number of the substituted attorney must be included within the body of the proposed order.