19-13-B: MAGISTRATE - APPOINTMENT OF GENERAL MAGISTRATE AND/OR SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT HEARING OFFICER - ORDERED 2/25/2018 BY TONYA RAINWATER
WHEREAS, in order to expedite the administration of justice in the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit the Chief Judge is authorized to appoint General Magistrates and Support Enforcement Hearing Officers; and whereas the use of General Magistrates and Support Enforcement Hearing Officers as set forth pursuant to the administrative order currently in effect pertaining the appointment of General Magistrates and/or Hearing Officers;
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the authority vested in me as Chief Judge of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida under Florida Rules of Judicial Administration, Rule 2.215, I hereby appoint Kristen Smith-Rodriguez to serve as a General Magistrate and as a Support Enforcement Hearing Officer for the Circuit Court of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, to perform his duties in accordance with applicable Florida Statutes, federal law, court rules, and the terms and conditions of the Title IV-D program.
This Order shall take effect immediately and shall continue until further order of the Court.
DONE AND ORDERED, this 25th day of February 2019.