Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, Miami-Dade County Electronic Filing Rules

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Motion

Motions must be e-filed with index number; the hearing date must be agreed with the opposing party before being set in CourtMAP with the motion and notice of hearing.

Any motion scheduled must first be e-filed and you must include the index number. The hearing date MUST be agreed to by the opposing party and then to be set in CourtMAP along with supporting documents: motion and notice of hearing;

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Motion

Special set hearings (15+ minutes, via Zoom) require e-filed motions scheduled in CourtMAP with index number/filing date and coordination with opposing side first.

Special Set hearings are 15 minutes or longer conducted via ZOOM (Unless set in-person by the Judge). The motions are to be e-filed and scheduled in CourtMAP under "Special Sets" and MUST include the index number and/or the filing date of the motion. The hearing date and time MUST be coordinated with the opposing side before scheduling.

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Notice of designating primary address email

Parties must keep email and physical addresses current by e-filing a Notice of Designating Primary Address/Email via myflcourtaccess.com.

All parties must keep their email addresses and physical addresses correct/updated with the Clerk's Office in writing (Notice of Designating Primary Address/Email Form) electronically filed (e-filed) to the Clerk's Office via myflcourtaccess.com.

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Notice of cancellation notice of settlement or voluntary dismissal

When a matter is resolved, e-file a Notice of Cancellation, Notice of Settlement, or Voluntary Dismissal and email a courtesy copy to chambers.

If you resolve your matter, please efile Notice of Cancellation, Notice of Settlement or Voluntary Dismissal and email courtesy copy to chambers to Judge's Assistant, Sheila Phillips at sphillips@jud11.flcourts.org

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Notice of cancellation notice of settlement or voluntary dismissal

When a matter is resolved, e-file a Notice of Cancellation, Notice of Settlement, or Voluntary Dismissal and email a courtesy copy to chambers.

If you resolve your matter, please efile Notice of Cancellation, Notice of Settlement or Voluntary Dismissal and email courtesy copy to chambers to Judge's Assistant, Sheila Phillips at sphillips@jud11.flcourts.org

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Emergency motion

Submit emergency motions through CourtMAP and call chambers to confirm receipt.

**PLEASE SUBMIT ALL EMERGENCY MOTIONS VIA COURTMAP AND CALL CHAMBERS TO CONFIRM RECEIPT. **

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Motions, petitions, or exhibits

Attorneys and self-represented litigants must register for the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal to file motions, petitions, or exhibits.

ALL ATTORNEYS AND SELF-REPRESENTED LITIGANTS MUST SIGN UP FOR AN ACCOUNT AT FLORIDA COURTS E-FILING PORTAL to file all motions, petitions or exhibits at https://www.myflcourtaccess.com.

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All matters to be heard by the court must be filed with the Clerk of Court and Comptroller of Miami-Dade County (COCC).

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.

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Motion

Motions must be filed with the Clerk of Court and Comptroller of Miami-Dade County (COCC) before a hearing is scheduled.

Make sure the motion has been filed with the Clerk of Court and Comptroller of Miami-Dade County (COCC) and all parties are included on the electronic mail correspondence.

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Proposed recommended order

Proposed Recommended Orders must be submitted 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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Motion

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.

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Jury trial exhibits

Jury trial exhibits must not be filed with the court.

ALL JURY TRIALS WILL GO FORWARD IN PERSON. JURY TRIAL EXHIBITS ARE NOT TO BE FILED.

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Motion

For foreclosure hearings, the motion must be filed with the Clerk and all supporting documents uploaded to CourtMap.

Motion must be filed with the Clerk’s and all supporting documents for the hearing must be uploaded on CourtMap.

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Notice of settlement

If a case with an upcoming trial settles, a filed Notice of Settlement must be filed and uploaded to CourtMap for the calendar call or scheduled trial.

If you have upcoming trial and your case settle, please file and upload a filed copy of the Notice of Settlement to the Calendar Call or scheduled trial in CourtMap.

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Final judgment

Final judgments must be uploaded to CourtMap only after the hearing is conducted; no orders or final judgments may be uploaded beforehand.

All Final Judgments are to be uploaded to CourtMap after the hearing is conducted. Please do not upload any orders or final judgments prior to the hearing.

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Motion

In addition to filing the motion with the clerk, the motion and notice must be uploaded to CourtMap.

In addition to filing motion with the clerk, you must upload Motion and Notice to CourtMap.

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Motion

Motions and supporting documents must be uploaded to CourtMap immediately or the motion will not be heard.

Motion's and Supporting Documents MUST be uploaded to CourtMap immediately, otherwise your motion WILL NOT be heard.

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Proposed order

All proposed orders must be filed via CourtMap under the Proposed Orders task.

Please file ALL proposed Orders via courtMAP under Proposed Orders.

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Motion

Motions and attachments must be uploaded to the CourtMap event when scheduling the hearing (no binders or hard copies to chambers unless instructed), with all supporting documents uploaded as soon as possible.

Upload the motion and attachments via CourtMap event (no binders or hard copies to be mailed to the chambers unless instructed) when scheduling the hearing. Also, ensure that ALL other supporting documents have been uploaded to CourtMap "As Soon As Possible"

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Notice of settlement

Should the case settle please upload filed Notice of Settlement to CourtMap.

Should the case settle please upload filed Notice of Settlement to CourtMap.

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Emergency motion

Emergency motions must be uploaded to CourtMAP once e-filed and must attach correspondence showing opposing counsel was notified in an attempt to resolve the matter amicably.

Emergency Motions must be uploaded to CourtMAP once e-filed and must attach correspondence as supporting document indicating that opposing counsel has been notified in an attempt to resolve the matter in an amicable manner.

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Jury trial exhibits

Jury trials proceed in person and exhibits are not to be uploaded.

All Jury Trials will go forward in person. EXHIBITS ARE NOT TO BE UPLOADED.

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Non jury trial exhibits

Exhibits for in-person non-jury trials must not be filed.

IN PERSON NON-JURY TRIAL EXHIBITS ARE NOT TO BE FILED.

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All motions, petitions, and exhibits must be filed through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal at myflcourtaccess.com.

Please be sure to File all motions, petitions or exhibits at https://www.myflcourtaccess.com.

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All attorneys and self-represented litigants must register for an account on the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal.

ALL ATTORNEYS AND SELF-REPRESENTED LITIGANTS MUST SIGN UP FOR AN ACCOUNT AT FLORIDA COURTS E-FILING PORTAL

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Notice of hearing

Do not notice hearings until confirmation that the hearing is set has been received; improperly set hearings will not go forward.

DO NOT NOTICE YOUR HEARINGS UNLESS YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE CONFIRMATION THAT THE HEARING IS SET. ANY IMPROPERLY SET HEARINGS WILL NOT GO FORWARD.

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Supporting documents

All supporting documents for trial setting must have an e-file stamp.

All of the supporting documents listed above must have an e-file stamp.

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Notice of cancellation

Should the case resolve prior to the scheduled trial date, the party who filed the Notice must immediately file a notice of cancellation via the e-portal and contact chambers to remove the case from calendar and schedule a UCD date. If a Notice of Cancellation is not filed and a phone call is not placed to chambers, the Judge will expect the Parties to appear in court on the scheduled date.

Should the case resolve prior to the scheduled trial date, the party who filed the Notice must immediately file a notice of cancellation via the e-portal and contact chambers to remove the case from calendar and schedule a UCD date. If a Notice of Cancellation is not filed and a phone call is not placed to chambers, the Judge will expect the Parties to appear in court on the scheduled date.

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Self-represented litigants must first register with the Florida E-Filing Portal before they can create a CourtMAP account.

Important: In order to create a CourtMAP account, you must first register with the State of Florida's E-Filing Portal for the case in which you are a self-represented litigant.

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Proposed order

All proposed orders must be submitted via CourtMAP; the Court will not accept orders emailed directly to the Court.

All Proposed Orders shall be submitted via CourtMap. The Court will NOT accept orders emailed directly to the Court.

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Motion

Special set motions require filing the motion and a request for hearing via the E-Filing Portal with the Clerk's Office.

On the E-FILING EPORTAL, file the Motion and a Request for Hearing, with the Clerk's Office.

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Notice of cancellation

Cancelling a motion calendar hearing requires both e-filing a notice of cancellation and cancelling the hearing on CourtMAP.

Movants cancelling a hearing shall e-file a notice of cancellation and also cancel the hearing on courtMAP.

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Notice of hearing

A notice of hearing does not automatically generate from CourtMAP; the movant must e-file the notice of hearing via the e-portal system.

Although the movant and the parties listed on the service list at the time the hearing is set will receive an email from CourtMAP indicating that an event has been created, a notice of hearing will not automatically generate. The movant MUST e-file the notice of hearing via the e-portal system.

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All parties must also register with CourtMAP to view the case and submit required evidence or additional documents.

All parties must also register with the CourtMap system to view the case and submit required evidence or additional documents.

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All parties, including attorneys and pro se litigants, must register at the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal, which is the only method for filing and receiving pleadings and court notices.

It is vital that all parties, including attorneys, the parties themselves, and pro se litigants register at the Florida Court E-Filing Portal at https://www.myflcourtaccess.com/. This is the only method for filing and receiving pleadings and court notices.

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Motion

Motion calendar hearings are set by creating the event on CourtMAP and uploading all supporting documents (filed motion, notice of hearing, etc.).

Create the event on courtMAP (set your hearing), upload all supporting documents (filed motion, notice of hearing, etc.).

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Emergency motion

Emergency motions must be e-filed and submitted via CourtMAP for the Judge's review, with no need to contact chambers.

Emergency Motions are to be e-filed and submitted via CourtMap for Judge's review. CourtMap will advise Judge Diaz and staff of the filing of the Emergency Motion. There is no need to contact Judge Diaz's chambers.

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Supporting documents

UCD supporting documents must be e-filed through the Florida E-Filing Portal and uploaded to CourtMAP with e-filing stamps, or the submission will be rejected.

The following documents must be e-filed through the Florida E-filing Portal AND uploaded to CourtMap as Supporting Documents. All supporting documents must have the e-filing stamp, or your submission will be rejected.

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Resolved case setting

Once the case is resolved, set it through CourtMap.

Once your case is resolved, you must set the case through COURTMAP.

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Supporting documents

E-file all supporting documents through the Florida E-Filing Portal and ensure they bear a filing stamp before submitting them through CourtMap.

Please be sure to e-file all supporting documents through the Florida E-filing Portal and have the filing stamp on them, before submitting through Courtmap.

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Motion and request for hearing

For a special-set hearing or case-management conference, file the motion and hearing request with the Clerk through the Florida E-Filing Portal and add the division email to the courtesy-copy list.

On the FLORIDA E-FILING EPORTAL, file the Motion and a Request for Hearing, with the Clerk's Office. Add 11thFC38@jud11.flcourts.org to the courtesy copy email list.

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Motion with exhibits

File the motion and any exhibits through the E-Filing Portal and include the division email in all filings.

On the E-FILING PORTAL, file the Motion with any exhibits. Include 11thFC38@jud11.flcourts.org in all filings.

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Emergency motion and request for hearing

File an emergency motion and hearing request through the Florida E-Filing Portal, then submit them to the Judge through CourtMap.

File Emergency Motion and Request for Hearing through the FLORIDA E-FILING PORTAL and then submit to the Judge via CourtMap into the Emergency Motion.

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Emergency motion or proposed order

Sign up for CourtMap to submit emergency motions and proposed orders to the assigned Judge.

Sign up for COURTMAP at https://www.jud11.flcourts.org/Programs-and-Services/Online-Services/ for submitting emergency motions and proposed orders to your assigned Judge

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Notice of cancellation

The party who added a motion to the calendar must electronically file a cancellation notice and remove the motion from CourtMap.

The party that added the motion to the motion calendar must e-file a notice of cancelation and must take off the motion calendar in courtmap.

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Pleading or motion

Attorneys and self-represented litigants must sign up for the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal to file pleadings or motions with the Clerk.

ALL ATTORNEYS AND SELF REPRESENTED LITIGANTS MUST SIGN UP FOR AN ACCOUNT AT FLORIDA COURTS E-FILING PORTAL AT: https://www.myflcourtaccess.com/ for filing of pleadings or motions with the clerk of Court.

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Documents and evidence

All documents and/or evidence must be e-filed at least 48 hours before the hearing (preferably five days before).

At least 48 hours prior to hearing and preferably five days prior to hearing, all documents and/or evidence needs to be e-filed and a copy scanned and sent directly to the Judicial Assistant and opposing counsel.

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Motion in limine

Motions in limine must be e-filed (and e-served in writing) at least five days before trial; failure to do so absent good cause is sufficient basis for the Court to deny the motion.

Motions in limine must be efiled and e-served on the opposing party in writing five (5) days before trial.

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Proposed order

Do NOT submit proposed orders through CourtMAP unless: 1. Instructed by the Court pursuant to a hearing or 2) is listed here as not requiring a hearing.

Do NOT submit proposed orders through CourtMAP unless: 1. Instructed by the Court pursuant to a hearing or 2) is listed here as not requiring a hearing.

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Notice of hearing

After creating a foreclosure motion event, the movant must e-file a notice of hearing via the e-portal.

The movant must e-file a notice of hearing via the e-portal system.