Judge Karen Kallman
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Document Format Requirements3 rules
The Agreed Recommended Order must be submitted in Word format.
DOCX
Dependency hearings involving DCF are conducted by Zoom by default, with in-person appearance permitted only case-by-case upon request and with the General Magistrate's approval.
Dependency hearings involving the Department of Children and Families scheduled before General Magistrate Karen Kallman will be conducted by Zoom. In-person hearings may be permitted on a case-by-case basis, upon request and with the approval of the General Magistrate. Please check for any updated Administrative Orders regarding changes in the Unified Family Court Division procedures for in-person or Zoom hearings.
Juvenile Marchman hearings are held in person unless the General Magistrate has granted prior approval to appear by Zoom.
Juvenile Marchman hearings are in person unless prior approval to appear by Zoom has been granted.
Document Filing Requirements6 rules
Every issue to be addressed by the General Magistrate requires a filed pleading and an Order of Referral to General Magistrate.
All issues addressed by the General Magistrate requires a filed pleading and an Order of Referral to General Magistrate.
Document Type
Pleading
Every hearing before General Magistrate Kallman requires an entered Order of Referral, which parties must verify before the hearing to avoid a reset.
A hearing before the General Magistrate REQUIRES an Order of Referral for each matter. To avoid your hearing from being reset your assistance is requested. Prior to your hearing, please verify that an Order of Referral to General Magistrate Kallman has been entered.
Document Type
Order Of Referral
A referral to the General Magistrate requires the consent of all parties, and any party is entitled to have the matter heard before a judge.
A referral to a General Magistrate requires the consent of all parties. You are entitled to have the matter heard before a judge.
Document Type
Order Of Referral
No matter can be heard by the general magistrate without an appropriate Order of Referral and the consent of all parties to the referral.
No matter can be heard by a general magistrate without an appropriate Order of Referral and the consent to the referral of all parties.
Document Type
Order Of Referral
A resolved matter will not be taken off calendar without an Agreed Recommended Order submitted to 11thFCGM17@jud11.flcourts.org.
No matter that has been resolved will be taken off calendar without an Agreed Recommended Order submitted to 11thFCGM17@jud11.flcourts.org.
Document Type
Agreed Recommended Order
Reports and Recommendations and Orders for signature must include a signature line reading 'DONE and RECOMMENDED' with the date for the General Magistrate.
A signature line including “DONE and RECOMMENDED” and the date should be included for the General Magistrate.
Document Type
Report And Recommendations
Filing & Service rules
Electronic Filing Rules
All requests for audio recordings by attorneys of record, parties, and self-represented litigants must be submitted electronically via the 11th Judicial Circuit website.
All requests for copies of audio recordings of judicial proceedings by attorneys of record, parties to a case, and self-represented litigants shall be submitted electronically by following the instructions found online under the Court Services and Court Reporting Services tabs on the 11th Judicial Circuit website Court Reporting Services.
Page 1 | REQUEST FOR TRANSCRIPTS
All attorneys and self-represented litigants must register at the E-Filing Portal in order to file a pleading or motion.
In order to file a pleading or a motion, all attorneys and self-represented litigants must register at E-Filing Portal
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Motions sent directly to the General Magistrate without proper referral will not be considered or set for hearing.
Any motions sent directly to the General Magistrate that have not been properly referred, will not be considered or set for hearing.
Page 1 | ORDER OF REFERRAL TO GENERAL MAGISTRATE
For Zoom hearings, all proposed exhibits must be e-filed at least 7 days prior to the hearing.
For a Zoom hearing, all proposed exhibits must be e-filed, to be easily found on the docket, at least 7 days prior to the hearing.
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Proposed Recommended Orders must be submitted electronically via CourtMAP.
If you have been instructed to prepare and submit the proposed Recommended Order, the proposed Recommended Order must be submitted via CourtMAP, no later than ten (10) days after the date of the hearing.
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After review by all parties, Reports and Recommendations and Orders for signature should be submitted via email to the Assistant to the General Magistrate.
Following review of all parties, Report and Recommendations and Orders for signature should be submitted via email to the assistant to the General Magistrate.
Page 1 | Dependency Report and Recommendations / Orders
Once signed by the General Magistrate, Reports and Recommendations and Orders go to the division Judge, and the signed order may then be e-filed by the Judicial Assistant or the Assistant to the General Magistrate.
Once signed by the General Magistrate, the Report and Recommendations and Orders will be submitted to the division Judge for signature. The signed order may then be e-filed by the Judicial Assistant to the Judge or the Assistant to the General Magistrate.
Page 1 | Dependency Report and Recommendations / Orders
Filing Timing and Cure Windows
A written objection to referral must be filed within 10 days of service of the Order of Referral, or before the hearing if the hearing is set less than 10 days after service.
If you do not want to have this matter heard by the General Magistrate, you must file a written objection to the referral within 10 days of the time of service of the Order of Referral to General Magistrate. If the time set for the hearing is less than 10 days after service of the Order of Referral to General Magistrate, the objection must be made before the hearing.
Page 1 | Order of Referral to General Magistrate
A written objection to the Order of Referral must be filed within 10 days of service of the Order of Referral.
If you do not want to have the referred matter heard before the general magistrate, you must file a written objection to the referral within 10 days of the time of service of the Order of Referral.
Page 1 | ORDER OF REFERRAL TO GENERAL MAGISTRATE
An exhibit list must be prepared and filed at least 7 days before the hearing date.
An exhibit list must be prepared and filed in advance (7 days) of the hearing date.
Page 1 | EXHIBITS
The proposed Recommended Order must be submitted no later than 10 days after the date of the hearing.
If you have been instructed to prepare and submit the proposed Recommended Order, the proposed Recommended Order must be submitted via CourtMAP, no later than ten (10) days after the date of the hearing.
Page 1 | PROPOSED RECOMMENDED ORDERS
After the 10-day objection period expires without a timely objection, parties have 14 days to set the matter for hearing or the Court may unilaterally schedule it.
Once the ten (10) day objection period expires (and if there was not a timely objection filed) the parties shall have fourteen (14) days to have the matter set for hearing. Failure to schedule the hearing within fourteen (14) days from the date that the Order of Referral to General Magistrate objection period expires may result in the Court unilaterally scheduling the matter for hearing.
Page 1 | SCHEDULING HEARINGS
Parties must wait 10 days after entry of the Order of Referral before requesting a hearing on the referred matter.
The parties shall wait until (10) days after the date that the Order of Referral to General Magistrate is entered before requesting a hearing on the matter referred.
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Spanish and Creole interpreter requests, whether in-person or via Zoom, must be submitted at least 3 business days before the scheduled hearing.
Requests for Spanish and Creole spoken language court interpreters, in-person or via Zoom, must be submitted 3 (three) business days in advance of the scheduled hearing.
Page 1 | Interpreters
All other spoken language interpreter requests must be submitted 10 business days in advance for in-person hearings and 5 business days in advance for Zoom hearings.
All other spoken language court interpreter requests must be submitted 10 (ten) business days if in-person, and 5 (five) business days in advance of the scheduled hearing, if the request is for hearing that will take place via Zoom.
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Service and Proof of Service Rules
All parties must be included in all communications to the Court.
All parties must be included in all communications to the Court.
Page 1 | General Magistrate and Staff Communication
All Reports and Recommendations and Orders for signature must first be circulated among the parties before submission to the General Magistrate.
All Report and Recommendations and Orders for signature to the General Magistrate must first be circulated among the parties.
Page 1 | Dependency Report and Recommendations / Orders
In Juvenile Marchman cases, appointed counsel must receive copies of all documents submitted to the court and must be included on all correspondence sent to the General Magistrate's Assistant.
Counsel must receive a copy of all documents submitted to the court and must be included on all correspondence sent to the Assistant of the General Magistrate.
Page 1 | Juvenile Marchman Hearings
Before the hearing, a copy of each proposed exhibit must be provided to the opposing party.
Prior to the hearing, you must provide a copy of each of your proposed exhibits to the opposing party.
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All matters to be heard must be filed with the Clerk of Court (COCC) and a copy submitted to the opposing side or their attorney.
All matters to be heard by the court MUST be filed with the Clerk of Court and Comptroller of Miami-Dade County (COCC), and a copy must be submitted to the opposing side or their attorney.
Page 1 | ORDER OF REFERRAL TO GENERAL MAGISTRATE
E-service to the division must be directed to 11thD005@jud11.flcourts.org.
E-Service Address: 11thD005@jud11.flcourts.org
Page 1 | General Information
Filing Fees and Waivers
A final invoice for the audio recording must be paid before the recording will be released.
Upon full review of the request and in accordance with Rule 2.420, a final invoice shall be sent to the requester, which must be paid prior to release of the audio recording.
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Adjournment & Extension Requirements
No hearing will be continued or re-set without an appropriate Motion for Continuance filed first.
No hearing will be continued or re-set without the appropriate Motion for Continuance filed first.
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No hearing will be canceled without Magistrate approval, and filing a Notice of Cancellation alone is insufficient.
No hearing will be canceled without Magistrate approval. Your filing of a Notice of Cancellation is insufficient.
Page 1 | CONTINUANCES
Motions for continuance of hearings scheduled before the Magistrate must be heard by the Magistrate.
Motions for Continuance of a hearing scheduled before the Magistrate must be heard by the Magistrate.
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If one side objects to the continuance, a hearing will be held on the Motion for Continuance.
If one side objects to the continuance, a hearing will be held on the Motion for Continuance.
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Chambers Communication Rules
Parties are prohibited from contacting the General Magistrate or the General Magistrate's staff to discuss the facts of the case.
Parties are prohibited from contacting the General Magistrate or the General Magistrate’s staff to discuss facts of the case.
Page 1 | General Magistrate and Staff Communication
Parties may not simply call the General Magistrate's office to ask that something be done on a case.
A person may not simply call the Office of the General Magistrate and ask that something be done on a case.
Page 1 | Ex Parte Communication
Ex parte communication is strictly prohibited; the General Magistrate may only consider matters presented in open court, on the record, with all parties present.
Ex parte communication is strictly prohibited. An ex parte communication is communication from one side only, without notice to the other side. The Code of Judicial Conduct does not permit a Judge or General Magistrate to read or consider ex parte communications. The General Magistrate may only consider matters presented in open court, on the record, with all parties present.
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Parties may contact the General Magistrate's assistant only about scheduling matters and are prohibited from contacting the Magistrate or staff to discuss the facts of the case.
Parties are prohibited from contacting the General Magistrate or the General Magistrate's staff to discuss facts of the case. The assistant to the General Magistrate should only be contacted to discuss scheduling matters.
Page 1 | GENERAL MAGISTRATE AND STAFF COMMUNICATION
All motions for continuance must be filed with the Court and emailed to 11THFCGM17@JUD11.FLCOURTS.ORG.
All MOTIONS FOR CONTINUANCE must be filed with the Court and emailed to 11THFCGM17@JUD11.FLCOURTS.ORG.
Page 1 | CONTINUANCES
The General Magistrate's assistant (bgottlieb@jud11.flcourts.org) may only be contacted to discuss scheduling matters.
The assistant to the General Magistrate should only be contacted to discuss scheduling matters.
Page 1 | General Magistrate and Staff Communication
Hearings are scheduled by emailing the Judicial Assistant, copying all necessary parties, and providing a copy of the referred matter and the requested time length for both sides.
Please email bgottlieb@jud11.flcourts.org to schedule a hearing date and be sure to include any necessary parties in the email communication. In the email, please provide a copy of the matter referred to the General Magistrate for which you are requesting a hearing, and provide the length of time requested for both sides to complete their presentation at the hearing.
Page 1 | SCHEDULING HEARINGS
All communications to the Court must include the opposing party or their attorney and any other necessary parties such as a Guardian Ad Litem or Assistant State Attorney.
The opposing party or their attorney (as well as any other necessary parties such as a Guardian Ad Litem or Assistant State Attorney for the Department of Revenue) must be included in all communications to the Court.
Page 1 | GENERAL MAGISTRATE AND STAFF COMMUNICATION
If needed, a status conference on exhibit admissibility may be held, and parties must contact the General Magistrate's Assistant to schedule it.
If necessary, a status conference may be held to determine the admissibility of your proposed exhibits in advance. You must contact the General Magistrate's Assistant to schedule a Status Conference.
Page 1 | EXHIBITS
Parties must notify the Magistrate immediately by email if the matter is resolved, settled, or dismissed.
If your matter gets resolved, settled or dismissed, please notify the Magistrate immediately at 11THFCGM17@JUD11.FLCOURTS.ORG.
Page 1 | RESOLVED MATTER
If a hearing is set for Zoom, parties must contact the Judicial Assistant at (305) 679-1766 to obtain the Zoom Meeting ID.
If a hearing is set for Zoom appearance, please contact the Judicial Assistant at the phone number listed on this page for the Zoom Meeting ID.
Page 1 | General Information
Transcripts or electronic recordings of proceedings may be requested from Absolute Audio at (305) 379-4741.
The transcript of the proceedings or electronic recording of the proceedings may be requested from Absolute Audio (305) 379-4741.
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For Zoom hearings, parties must contact the Judicial Assistant by email or telephone to obtain the Zoom Meeting ID.
If a hearing is set for Zoom appearance, please contact the Judicial Assistant by email or telephone listed on this page for the Zoom Meeting ID.
Page 1 | GENERAL INFORMATION