Attorneys in both Brevard and Seminole have the resources offering many new facets of modern technology including but not limited to online scheduling, instructions, provider listings, policies and procedures and much more.
There are courtroom rules and policies governing all divisions of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court. All parties are expected to follow these rules.
The Eighteenth Judicial Circuit provides procedural instructions for attorneys along with policies that may differ within the guidelines of the law between judges and county or circuit court.
BREVARD
Setting Circuit Civil Trials Procedures in Brevard
Judge Atkin’s – Division 11 – Policies and Proceduresopens PDF file
Judge Dugan’s – Civil Division D – JACs Instructionsopens PDF file
Judge Dugan’s – Civil Division D – Policies & Proceduresopens PDF file
Judge Dugan’s – Civil Division D – e-Filing Proposed Ordersopens PDF file
Judge Crawford’s – Civil Division N – JACs Policies & Proceduresopens PDF file
Judge Paulk’s – Civil Division M – JACs Policies & Proceduresopens PDF file
Judge Roberts – Division A – Policies and Proceduresopens PDF file
Judge Naberhaus – Civil Division T – JACs Policies and Proceduresopens PDF file opens PDF file
Temporary Covid-19 Policies and Procedures until further notice!
Judge Babb’s – Division 10 – Temporary Covid-19 Policies and Proceduresopens PDF file
Judge Brown’s – Division 6 – Policies and Proceduresopens PDF file
Judge Crawford’s – Civil Division N – Policies and Proceduresopens PDF file
Judge Davidson’s Instructions for Guardianship Hearings During Covid-19opens PDF file
Judge Dugan’s Instructions for a Remote Court Appearance Non Evidentiaryopens PDF file
Judge Garagozlo’s Covid-19 Temporary Policies and Proceduresopens PDF file
Judge Jacobus – Division 3 – Policies and Proceduresopens PDF file
– Judge Jacobus Consent Scheduling Formopens PDF file
Judge Koenig’s – Division 5 – Policies and Proceduresopens PDF file
– Judge Koenig’s – Division 5 – Paper Docket Consent Scheduling Formopens WORD file
Judge Mahl’s – Division X – Policies and Proceduresopens PDF file
Judge Segal’s – Civil Division G – Policies and Procedures During Pandemicopens PDF file
Judge Serrano’s – Division C – Covid-19 Policies and Proceduresopens PDF file
Judge Silverman’s – Division 4 – Policies and Proceduresopens PDF file
SEMINOLE
Civil Domestic Division
General Magistrate Division Proceduresopens PDF file
Civil-Family Division Policies & Procedures
Division K – Judge McIntosh’s Civil Family Proceduresopens PDF file
– Division K – Judge McIntosh’s Video Hearing Proceduresopens PDF file
– Division K – Judge McIntosh’s Day of the Hearing Instructionsopens PDF file
Division L – Judge Recksiedler’s Civil-Family Proceduresopens PDF file
Division G – Judge Rudisill’s Civil-Family Proceduresopens PDF file
Division S – Judge DeKleva’s Policy & Proceduresopens PDF file
– Division S – Judge DeKleva’s Administrative Order 13-39-sopens PDF file
Division W – Judge Stacy’s Policy & Proceduresopens PDF file
Criminal Division Policies & Procedures
Criminal Division Operations Manualopens PDF file
First Appearance Manualopens PDF file
Division R – Judge Collins Criminal Policy & Proceduresopens PDF file
Courtroom Decorum Policyopens PDF file
Juvenile Division Policies & Procedures
Judge Galluzzo’s Juvenile Division P Policy & Proceduresopens PDF file
Felony Division Forms
Procedure to Waive Docket Sounding
Docket Sounding Waiveropens PDF file
Felony Plea Agreement (English)opens PDF file
Felony Plea Agreement (Espanol)opens PDF file
Foreclosure Policies & Procedures
Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Proceduresopens PDF file
Probate Forms & Procedures
Guardian Advocate Manual & Forms
CIRCUIT WIDE
Policies for Video Conferencingopens PDF file
Probate and Guardianship
Process Servers
The Eighteenth Judicial Circuit provides both the JACs (Judicial Automatic Calendar System) and non-automated calendaring information. JACs online scheduling is for attorneys only and requires a login. It is important to review any policies and procedures (See Policies & Procedures menu) that apply before contacting judges’ chambers. If you don’t see the docket you are looking for, within the JACs list, please be sure to look within the non-JACs Dockets and Calendars (2nd tab on the left menu) as well.
NOTE: Not all of the judges post their calendars online. Calendars are subject to change hourly, so check back frequently to guarantee accurate updates.
Seminole Division W, hearings will only proceed if all exhibits/documents for the Courts consideration are electronically filed 72 hours in advance of the hearing. Noncompliance will result in cancellation or rescheduling of the hearing. A notary must be present to identify the witnesses and place them under an oath to tell the truth.
JACs
Available Dockets
Available Hearing Time
Schedule a Hearing – Requires Login
How to sign up for a JACs Accountopens PDF file
JACs Instructions
General Instructions
How To Use Docket Feature
How To Use Time Slot Feature
JACs Policies
Procedures for Setting Circuit Civil Trials in Brevard
JACs Family Mediation Requirementsopens PDF file
Division D – Judge Dugan’s Policies and Proceduresopens PDF file
Division D – Judge Dugan’s JACs Instructionsopens PDF file
Division D – Judge Dugan’s e-Filing Proposed Ordersopens PDF file
Division G – Judge Roberts Policies & Proceduresopens PDF file
Division T – Judge Naberhaus – JACs Policies and Proceduresopens PDF file
Online calendars listed by judges that do not use the JACs (Judicial Automated Calendaring System). Calendars are subject to change hourly, so check back frequently to guarantee accurate updates.
BREVARD DOCKETS & HEARINGS:
Judge Kelly McKibben’s – Division O
Judge McKibben’s 2021 Dependency Calendarsopens PDF file
SEMINOLE DOCKETS & HEARINGS:
Judge Jessica Recksiedler’s – Division Mopens PDF file
Judge Jerri Collins – Division R
Judge James J. Dekleva – Division S
Judge Mark E. Herr – Division F
Judge Debra L. Krause – Division Z
Judge Frederic Schott – Division C
January through June 2021opens PDF file
July through December 2020opens PDF file
SEMINOLE – COUNTY COURT – CRIMINAL JUDICIAL ROTATION SCHEDULE:
County Judges Rotation Schedule 2020opens PDF file
County Judges Rotation Schedule 2021opens PDF file
Below you will find a listing of online calendars by judge for Seminole County that are not listed in JACs calendaring system. Calendars are subject to change hourly, so check back frequently to guarantee accurate updates.
SEMINOLE CIVIL PRE/TRIAL DOCKETS:
NOTE: Hearings will only proceed if all exhibits/documents for the Courts consideration are electronically filed 72 hours in advance of the hearing. Noncompliance will result in cancellation or rescheduling of the hearing. A notary must be present to identify the witnesses and place them under an oath to tell the truth.
Judge Susan Stacy Division “W”
Judge Donna McIntosh Division “K”
Judge Jessica Recksiedler Division “L”
Judge Michael Rudisill Division “G”
Provider listings include both Brevard and Seminole and provide attorneys with arbitrator listings, registries, expert witness providers, orders and more.
Arbitrator Listings
Arbitrator Listing A-Lopens PDF file
Arbitrator Listing M-Zopens PDF file
Court Appointed Attorneys
Policy & Rates
Court Appointed Counsel Manualopens PDF file
Due Process Service Provider Ratesopens PDF file
Attorney Registry Categories & Ratesopens PDF file
Justice Administration Commission
Attorney Applications
Application for Court Appointed Attorneyopens PDF file
Application for Special Needs Children Registryopens PDF file
Attorney Registry
Brevard
Attorney Ad Litem for Special Need Childrenopens PDF file
Brevard Court Appointed Registryopens PDF file
Seminole
Seminole Court Appointed Registryopens PDF file
Expert Witness Providers
Brevard
Competency Evaluation Providers
Brevard Guardianship Examining Committee Members
Seminole
Competency Evaluation Providers
Guardianship Examining Committee Membersopens PDF file
Process Servers
The Eighteenth Judicial Circuit maintains Administrative Orders, and other Related Materials on the Brevard Clerk of Courts website where you will be directed when you click the link below.
Administrative Orders and Related Materials Repository
Media Related A.O.’s
Conflict Attorney A.O. opens PDF file
What does the Foreclosure Court accomplish?
In mortgage foreclosure proceedings, as with all types of cases, courts are obligated to ensure that the rights of parties are protected and the integrity of the process is maintained. The Florida Bar offers a variety of web resources for families facing foreclosure and attorneys helping them. Judges and lawyers also have a professional obligation to conclude litigation as soon as it is reasonably and justly possible.The objective is to bring foreclosure cases into compliance with state time standards to complete a case. Those standards are 12 months for non-jury trials and 18 months for jury trials.
The Florida courts are using case management practices that work most effectively to ensure the full participation of parties, avoid unreasonable delays, and dispose of those cases that have been pending for the longest period of time – while being ever mindful of the rights of parties and the integrity of the process.
Foreclosure Program F.A.Q.
Brevard Foreclosure Procedures
Seminole Foreclosure Procedures
Certified Process Servers are NOT employees of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court.
Florida Courts Help App
Florida Courts Help App now available:
For constituents, customers, or callers seeking help with family law cases – divorce, adoption, name change, custody, order of protection, and much more – there is now a one-stop source for lots of information aimed at self-represented people. Florida Courts Help is available at app stores as well as online at help.flcourts.org.
Florida Courts Help makes available at the touch of a screen:
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- 186 Supreme Court-approved family law forms that can be filled out on the device
- Links and contact information for help centers all around the state
- Plain-language instructions and descriptions of first steps and next actions
- Pointers and contact for a full range of legal help from multiple online resources, free and low- cost legal services, lawyer referrals and other information, including eligibility criteria.
- User-friendly instructions for initial steps and pointers about what happens next.