All Brevard and Seminole Courthouses are closed Thursday October 3rd in observance of Rosh Hashanah
Additionally the clerk’s office will also be closed in Brevard and Seminole county for training purposes.
Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Courts
Serving the Citizens of Brevard and Seminole Counties

2024 Admin Order 24-09 2nd Amended

STORAGE OF EXHIBITS FOR CIRCUIT CIVIL AND FAMILY CASES, CIRCUIT AND COUNTY CRIMINAL CASES, DIGITAL EVIDENCE, RELEASING EVIDENCE, AND ACCESS TO CONFIDENTIAL EVIDENCE. HEARING REQUIRED FOR INTRODUCING EXHIBITS CONTAINING HIGH POTENCY NARCOTICS. CLERK NOT TO RELEASE CERTAIN EVIDENCE WITHOUT COURT ORDER.

2022 Admin Order 22-23

Under Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.215, the Chief Judge orders that all judges, judicial assistants, trial clerks, and attorneys appearing in this Court, as well as Court Administration, shall abide by the following Administrative Order 22-23.

98-24-s

98-24-S: MENTAL HEALTH – BAKER ACT – HEARING LOCATION, SUPERSEDES 93-92-Ci-S – ORDERED 6/06/1998 BY JOHN DEAN MOXLEY, JR.

17-37

17-37: MENTAL HEALTH – CONFIDENTIALITY OF EXAMINING COMMITTEE REPORTS – ORDERED 9/25/2017 BY JOHN M. HARRIS

17-20-b

17-20-B: MENTAL HEALTH – MARCHMAN ACT HEARINGS – TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE OF QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS – ORDERED 4/24/2017 BY JOHN D. GALLUZZO

2012 Admin Order 12-09-s

It is, therefore ORDERED: 1. Mental Health Court (“MHC”) shall be operational within Seminole County Court Criminal Division as a program for cases involving defendants who are suffering from mental illness or a developmental disability and arrested for misdemeanors or criminal traffic offenses, and certain approved third-degree felonies. A county Court Judge (“MHC Judge”), appointed by the Chief Judge, shall preside over MHC. MHC shall be made sua sponte by any court, by Court Services, by the Seminole county Jail Mental Health Specialist (masters level practitioners) at the Seminole County Jail, the state, the defense attorney, law enforcement, mental health providers, or any other interested person. Prior to the MHC Judge transferring the case to the MHC docket, the defendant must enter a written waiver of speedy trial, unless specifically objected to by defense counsel. more . . .

24-08-b

Diversionary Mental Health Court shall be operational withing the Brevard County Court Criminal Division to hear cases involving defendants who are suffering from mental illness, or a developmental disability arrested for misdemeanors, criminal traffic offenses, and/or third-degree felonies, with the exception of those charged with domestic violence, driving under the influence, and sexual offenses.

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