23-38, SUPERSEDES 18-44 IN RE: MAGISTRATES - APPOINTMENT AND DUTIES OF GENERAL MAGISTRATES AND SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT HEARING OFFICERS IN THE EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT - ORDERED 11/09/2023 BY CHARLES G. CRAWFORD
EXCERPT: “WHEREAS, family court proceedings include, but are not limited to, cases involving paternity, parenting plans, equitable distribution, alimony, child support, spousal support, dissolution of marriage, name changes, annulments, child dependency, delinquency and truancy, Baker Act and Marchman Act matters; and WHEREAS, the interests of the public and of the litigants require a flexible and speedy resolution of such matters in the time and resources of the court are limited; and WHEREAS the law of Florida makes the court responsible for the determination of such actions within time frames that cannot be met if all such cases are heard directly by the court; and WHEREAS Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure 12.490 and 12.491 have been invoked in the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit by Administrative Order of the Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court, dated February 27, 1998; it is thereupon ORDERED AS FOLLOWS; (Open AO for more information.)”
Additional Information:
- Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure 12.490 and 12.491
- Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.490
- Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure, 3.852(l)
- Florida Probate Rules 5.095 and 5.697
- Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure 8.257 and 8.625
- Florida Statutes Chapters 393, 394, 397, 744, 751, and 984
- Supersedes AO 18-44