Judge Samantha Schosberg Feuer
Individual Rules, Standing Orders & Policies
Limits & Logistics
Courtesy Copies
Filings <= 10 pages
- Email • Before Hearing
Filings > 10 pages
- Mail • Before Hearing
Motion
- Email • After Filing
Notice Of Cancellation
- Email • After Cancellation
Adjournments
- A request to continue a trial must be heard on the Uniform Motion Calendar.
- A trial continuance will be granted only when the movant demonstrates good cause.
Request must include
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Document Format Requirements6 rules
The first page of each exhibit must contain enough blank space for the court's evidence stamp.
Each exhibit's first page must have "blank space" sufficient to hold he court's evidence stamp.
After receiving a special-set date and time, the requesting party must upload the proposed order setting the hearing to Judge Feuer through OLS in Word format.
Upon receipt of a special set hearing date and time, send proposed Order Setting Hearing in Word Format (See Divisional Forms and Orders) for Judge Feuer's via OLS.
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Only editable, unencrypted exhibit documents may be uploaded because they must permit electronic stamping.
Upload editable copies of document only. Uploaded documents cannot be encrypted, e.g. with password or signature certificate. The document must be editable to allow for electronic stamping of document.
The proposed order must leave a three-by-three-inch blank space in its upper-right corner for recording.
Remember to leave a 3x3 inch blank space in the upper right hand corner for recording.
Orders must be submitted as Word files through OLS so the court can electronically sign them.
All orders must be submitted in "word format" via OLS for the court to electronically sign.
DOCX
Digital evidence exhibits may be uploaded in PDF or JPEG format.
Exhibits can be uploaded in either .pdf or .jpeg format.
Document Filing Requirements23 rules
Every special-set hearing must be established by an order specially setting the hearing rather than by a notice of hearing.
All Special Sets must be set by Order Specially Setting Not by notice of hearing.
Document Type
Special Set Hearing
A probate checklist is required for every probate filing.
Probate Checklists are now required for all Probate Filings
Document Type
Probate Filing
A notice of unavailability must accompany a notice to set a trial.
Notice of unavailability must be filed when filing a notice to set trial.
Document Type
Notice To Set Trial
Attorney and guardian fee petitions must describe the ward's assets and their value at filing, monthly income, and monthly expenses.
Therefore, all fee petitions should include the nature and value of the Ward's assets at the time of filing the fee request, the monthly income earned and the monthly expenses of the Ward.
Document Type
Fee Petition
Waivers, consents, renunciations, and receipts of assets must be notarized.
All waivers, consents, renunciations and receipt of assets must be notarized.
Document Type
Probate Document
A proposed order must include a cover letter identifying the hearing date.
Proposed order should include a cover letter specifying the date of the hearing.
Document Type
Proposed Order
Before appointment, every proposed guardian must undergo a level-two criminal check and obtain the required credit report.
Prior to the appointment of a Guardian, all proposed guardians are required to submit to a level 2 criminal check and a credit report as required by Florida Statue 744.3131.
Document Type
Guardian Appointment
A special-set hearing may be canceled only by further court order unless the matter is settled with an agreed order presented to the court or is withdrawn.
Special set hearings are set by Court order and cannot be cancelled except by further order of the Court unless the matter is settled (with an agreed order presented to Court) or withdrawn.
Document Type
Order Specially Setting Hearing
A trial date may be requested before mediation is complete, but mediation must be completed before trial.
You may obtain a trial date before completing mediation, but you must complete mediation prior to trial.
Document Type
Trial Notice
After every cited deficiency is cured and the supporting documents appear on the docket, the proposed orders must be submitted through OLS with a notation confirming the cures.
Once ALL the cited deficiencies have been cured and related documents have posted on the docket, please send your proposed order(s) through OLS with a notation that all deficiencies have been cured.
Document Type
Proposed Order
The required credit check must include the FICO score and may be obtained through the three identified major credit bureaus.
Credit check can be done with the 3 major credit bureaus- must include FICO score:
Document Type
Credit Report
The fingerprint and credit-report results must be electronically filed with a notice of confidential filing in the court file.
Results must be e-filed together with a notice of confidential filing within court file.
Document Type
Background Check Results
An order setting a special hearing may not be prepared or sent until the court confirms the date.
Do not prepare/or send an order setting the hearing the until the court has "confirm" the date for a special set hearing.
Document Type
Order Specially Setting Hearing
A motion must be filed and docketed before the court will provide a hearing date or set the hearing.
Motions must be filed and docketed with clerk before hearing dates can be given or a hearing can be set.
Document Type
Motion
The appropriate probate checklist must be prepared and filed with every submitted proposed order.
All submitted proposed orders are required to have the appropriate checklist(s) prepared and filed.
Document Type
Proposed Order
The appropriate probate checklist must be fully completed when filing a petition to determine homestead.
Please make sure to fully complete the appropriate probate checklist.
Document Type
Petition To Determine Homestead
Multiple orders for one case must be uploaded separately rather than attached to another order.
If multiple orders are being submitted for a case, they must be uploaded separately and not as an attachment to another order.
Document Type
Order
Every verified document must include at least four lines of text on its signature page in addition to the verification.
THE COURT REQUIRES THAT ALL VERIFIED DOCUMENTS CONTAIN A MINIMUM OF 4 LINES OF TEXT ON THE SIGNATURE PAGE IN ADDITION TO THE VERIFICATION.
Document Type
Verified Document
The OLS notes/comments section must identify the order using one of the prescribed order categories and exact wording.
In the notes/comments section you MUST indicate whether it is one of the following utilizing one of the formats and exact language below:
Document Type
Proposed Order
A notice to set trial must identify the specific motion, petition, or counter-petition to be tried and estimate the time needed for trial.
Notices must include specific motion or petition/counter petition to be tried and the estimate of time necessary for trial.
Document Type
Notice To Set Trial
Every involved party must be included on the email requesting a special-set hearing.
INCLUDE ALL INVOLVED PARTIES ON THE E-MAIL when requesting a special set hearing.
Document Type
Special Set Hearing Request
Each order must list the mailing address and registered email address of every party to be served.
All orders must state a mailing address and e-mail address for each party being served and that have registered e-mail addresses with the Clerk of Court.
Document Type
Order
A professional guardian not already in the clerk's database must comply with the background-check requirements, and once entered, the records remain valid for two years.
Professional guardians: if you are not currently in the clerk's data base must also comply. Once in the data base the records remain valid on file for two (2) years.
Document Type
Guardian Background Check
Filing & Service rules
Electronic Filing Rules
All exhibits must be uploaded electronically to the 15th Judicial Circuit Evidence Portal at least 72 hours before the hearing.
All exhibits must be uploaded to the 15th Judicial Circuit Evidence Portal at least seventy-two (72) hours before the hearing.
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An emergency-hearing motion must be filed through the clerk's e-portal with the Emergency Filing box selected.
Motions for Emergency Hearing should be filed with the Clerk's e-portal and then click the Emergency Filing box that states, "Check This Box to Specify That This is an Emergency Filing."
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Probate proposed orders must be submitted directly through OLS and not by division email or U.S. mail unless the court directs otherwise.
All proposed orders for probate cases must be submitted directly through the OLS system and should not be sent to the judge's CAD division email or via us mail, unless otherwise instructed by the Court.
Page 1 | Important: Submitting Proposed Orders
Filing Timing and Cure Windows
Exhibits must be uploaded to the evidence portal at least 72 hours before the hearing.
All exhibits must be uploaded to the 15th Judicial Circuit Evidence Portal at least seventy-two (72) hours before the hearing.
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Every proposed order must be uploaded through OLS within forty-eight hours after the hearing, with comments stating the hearing date, disposition, and order type.
All proposed orders shall be submitted to the court for review no later than 48 hours following the hearing via OLS system with a note in the comments indicating the date the hearing was held, granted/denied, and whether it is a proposed order or agreed order.
Page 1 | Important: Submitting Proposed Orders
Every exhibit must be uploaded to the 15th Judicial Circuit Evidence Portal at least seventy-two hours before the hearing.
All exhibits must be uploaded to the 15th Judicial Circuit Evidence Portal at least seventy-two (72) hours before the hearing.
Page 1 | Digital Evidence
To avoid an ex parte hearing after a deficiency or rejection memorandum, the party must immediately cure the deficiency and file the supporting documentation.
If you receive a Deficiency or Rejection Memorandum, Status Order, or other Order of Deficiency, you may avoid an ex-parte hearing by curing your deficiency immediately and filing all necessary documentation to show the deficiency has been cured.
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Proposed final judgments may be submitted through OLS only within two days after the hearing or one day before it.
Proposed final judgments may be submitted via OLS only within two (2) days following the hearing or one (1) day prior to the hearing.
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Documents exceeding the stated ten-page print limit must be mailed to the court at least three business days before the hearing.
The court can only print documents that are ten (10) pages or less. Any documents over the ten (20) page limit will have to be mailed to the court for review three (3) business days prior to the scheduled hearing.
Page 1 | Online Services
Service and Proof of Service Rules
In-state matters require five days' notice before the hearing, while out-of-state matters require ten days' notice.
Matters brought before the court must be noticed five (5) days prior to the hearing for in-state residence and ten (10) days for out-of-state residence.
Page 1 | Probate - Service and Preparation of Orders
Trial orders must be emailed to every party registered for electronic service.
Trial Orders are served via email to all parties registered for e-service.
Page 1 | Notice/Motion to Set Cause for Trial
When one party is represented and the other is pro se, a self-addressed stamped envelope must be stapled to the notice for trial; the resulting trial order is electronically served on the attorney and mailed to the pro se party.
Submit the notice with a self-addressed stamped envelope stapled to the Notice for Trial for the pro se, and the trial order will be served via judicial e-service to the attorney and by U.S. Mail to the pro se party.
Page 1 | Notice/Motion to Set Cause for Trial
Courtesy Copy Requirements
A courtesy copy of an emergency motion must be emailed to the division email address.
Courtesy copies of Emergency Motions should be emailed to CAD-DivisionIA@pbcgov.org.
Page 1 | Emergency Motions
The notice of hearing must be filed electronically, with a courtesy copy sent to the judicial assistant.
The Notice of Hearing must be e-filed and a courtesy copy sent to the Judicial Assistant.
Page 1 | Probate - Service and Preparation of Orders
When the combined memoranda and supporting case law are ten pages or fewer, courtesy copies must be emailed to the court five business days before the hearing and identify the hearing date and time.
Accordingly, all counsel/parties are to provide courtesy copies of their memoranda of law and supporting case law (only if all documents combined are ten (10) pages or less) to the Court via the following e-mail address CAD-DivisionIA@pbcgov.org five (5) business days prior to the scheduled hearing and designate the date and time of the hearing which they reference.
Page 1 | Courtesy Copies of Documents Less than 20 pages
The original notice or motion to set a cause for trial must be filed with the clerk, with a courtesy copy emailed to the judge.
The original notice/motion to set cause for trial must be filed with the Clerk. A courtesy copy should be emailed to the Judge via CAD-DivisionIA@pbcgov.org.
Page 1 | Notice/Motion to Set Cause for Trial
When combined documents exceed ten pages, a courtesy hard copy must be mailed to the court five business days before the hearing.
If the documents exceed ten (10) pages total, please send a courtesy hard copy only via US mail to the Court five (5) business days prior to the scheduled hearing.
Page 1 | Courtesy Copies of Documents Less than 20 pages
A courtesy copy of the motion associated with a special-set hearing request longer than sixty minutes must be attached to the request email.
Please attach a courtesy copy of the motion to be heard.
Page 1 | Requesting a Special Set Hearing More Than Sixty (60) Minutes.
A resolved motion must have its UMC hearing canceled through OLS, followed by emailing a courtesy copy of the e-filed cancellation notice to the division email address.
If you resolve your motion prior to the hearing date, please cancel your scheduled hearing via OLS and submit a courtesy copy of the e-filed Notice of Cancellation to CAD-DivisionIA@pbcgov.org.
Page 1 | Uniform Motion Calendar (UMC)
Pre-Motion Conference Requirements
Every Daubert motion must be scheduled and heard before trial begins.
All Daubert motions shall be scheduled and heard prior to the commencement of the trial.
Page 1 | Notice/Motion to Set Cause for Trial
Adjournment & Extension Requirements
A trial continuance will be granted only when the movant demonstrates good cause.
Continuances will only be granted for good cause.
Page 1 | Notice/Motion to Set Cause for Trial
A request to continue a trial must be heard on the Uniform Motion Calendar.
Continuances of trial require a hearing on Uniform Motion Calendar.
Page 1 | Notice/Motion to Set Cause for Trial
Chambers Communication Rules
Before seeking a special-set hearing, the requesting party must confirm availability with opposing counsel or the pro se litigant and then contact the judicial assistant at the stated telephone number.
Person requesting hearing must confirm availability with opposing counsel or pro se litigant before contacting the Judicial Assistant, Marsha McClendon, to schedule a special set hearing at 561-355-3518.
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A pro se party may schedule a special-set hearing by calling the judicial assistant at the stated number.
Alternatively, pro se parties may contact Judicial Assistant, Marsha McClendon, to schedule a special set hearing by telephone at 561-355-3518.
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