Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Broward County Filing Bundling Requirements

No more than two motions may be noticed for each case on any given day except by leave of court.

No more than two motions may be noticed for each case on any given day except by leave of court.

Agreed orders submitted through the CMS workbench must bundle the motion and the opposing counsel's written response/agreement as attached documents.

Judge Alspector uses the CMS workbench digital format ONLY FOR SUBMISSION OF AGREED ORDERS WITH THE MOTION AND WRITTEN RESPONSE/AGREEMENT OF OPPOSING COUNSEL AS ATTACHED DOCUMENTS.

Competing proposed orders are not accepted by Division 38 unless otherwise ordered by the Court.

Division 38 does not accept competing orders, unless otherwise ordered by the Court.

Add-ons, cross notices, exchanged motions, and amended notices are prohibited without written Court approval delivered by U.S. mail, overnight, or hand-delivery.

NO “ADD-ONs”, “Cross Notices” or “Exchanging of Motions” or “Amended Notices” will not be permitted without approval of the Court in writing and to be sent via USMail, overnight or hand-delivery.

Motions for reconsideration must be submitted by hand-delivery, overnight, or UPS Ground with an accompanying letter.

Please submit Motions for Reconsiderations via hand-delivery, overnight or UPS Ground with accompanying letter and we will get back to you.

Required

Always

Double-booking or adding matters onto a pre-scheduled hearing is prohibited at all times unless approved by the Court.

No double-booking or add-on of any hearing is permitted at any time, unless approved by the Court. If a matter is not set on the docket, do not expect it to be heard – even if you are in front of the Court on a case and/or a related matter. If a party tries to have a matter heard that is in addition to that which is already set, there will likely be inadequate time for consideration of all issues and/or the double-booked hearing will delay subsequent hearings for other parties and/or cases. As such, no party shall 'add on' additional matters to a pre-scheduled hearing unless the addition is approved by the Court.

Add-ons to UMC or Special Set hearings require agreement of all parties, no more than two motions may be noticed per UMC, and an agreed add-on requires an Amended Notice of Hearing.

Parties cannot add-on to an existing UMC or Special Set hearing unless AGREED to by all parties. Add-ons will only be heard within the allotted time, both sides get equal time. No more than two motions may be noticed for a case on UMC. If the parties agree to have the motion added, file an Amended Notice of Hearing and notify the judge at the hearing that another motion is added to the hearing.

Competing proposed orders are not accepted; parties must schedule a UMC hearing to resolve disputes over the substance of a proposed order.

Competing orders will no longer be accepted by the Court; if the parties cannot agree to the substance of a proposed order on a matter previously heard and decided by the Court, the parties must schedule a hearing on UMC to resolve the dispute.

In virtual proceedings, no evidence may be submitted to the Court before the hearing; evidence must be presented contemporaneously with the proceeding per Administrative Order 2022-37-Gen.

VIRTUAL PROCEEDINGS: Please follow Administrative Order 2022 - 37 - Gen. No Evidence should be submitted to the Court prior to the hearing. The Evidence should be presented contemporaneously with the proceeding, as would be if the Hearing was held IN-PERSON.

Every zoom request must be accompanied by a Motion for Zoom together with the corresponding underlying motion.

All requests for zoom must be accompanied by a Motion for Zoom, with the corresponding underlying motion.

Orders must be filed together with their appropriate motion on CMS or the Court will reject the order.

ALL ORDERS MUST BE FILED WITH THEIR APPROPRIATE MOTION OTHERWISE THE COURT WILL REJECT YOUR ORDER.

No additional or add-on hearings are permitted at arraignment.

No Additional Or Add-On Hearings Are Permitted At Arraignment

No additional or add-on hearings are permitted at Calendar Call.

No additional or add-on hearings are permitted at Calendar Call

Add-ons to existing UMC hearings are prohibited unless all parties agree, and no more than two motions may be noticed per case on UMC.

Parties cannot add-on to an existing UMC hearing unless AGREED to by all parties. Add-ons will only be heard within the allotted time, both sides get equal time. No more than two motions may be noticed for a case on UMC.

Every proposed order must include the underlying motion, either attached or referenced by the date of the pre-filed CMS motion.

All proposed orders must include the motion at issue, either by attachment to the proposed order or by reference in the order to the date of the filed motion (the motion must be pre-filed in CMS).

Every written continuance request must be filed with an attached proposed order.

All written requests for continuance must be filed and provided to the Court, with an attached order, on or before the Tuesday prior to the calendar call.

Do not transmit correspondence or motions together with an agreed order; the underlying motion must be served and filed before the order is submitted.

Do not electronically transmit any correspondence or motion with the Agreed Order. HOWEVER, motions must be served and filed prior to submission of the order. See Fla. R. Civ .P 1.100 (b).

No more than two motions may be noticed for a single case on one motion calendar docket.

No more than two motions may be noticed for a single case on a motion calendar docket.

Correspondence and motions must not be transmitted together with the agreed order submission.

Notably, please do not electronically transmit any correspondence or motion with the Agreed Order.