Court Rules

Sixteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Monroe County) Filing Timing and Cure Windows

10 rules from official source documents

Filing cutoffs, deemed-filed rules, rejection handling, cure periods, and outage procedures.

Filing deadlines

CRITICAL

Deadline
5 business days

Forward copies of exhibits and exhibit lists to the Judicial Assistant at least five business days before the hearing unless otherwise instructed.

Unless otherwise instructed, Copies of exhibits and exhibit lists shall be forwarded to the Judicial Assistant via e-mail at least five (5) business days prior to the scheduled hearing.

Judge Bonnie J. Helms

CRITICAL

Deadline
5 business days

The Court must receive all hearing materials at least five business days before the hearing.

The court must receive all materials for the hearing no later than Five (5) business days before the hearing.

Judge Bonnie J. Helms

CRITICAL

Submit proposed orders no later than two days after a hearing unless otherwise instructed.

Proposed orders must be submitted no later than two (2) days after any hearing unless otherwise instructed.

Judge Bonnie J. Helms

CRITICAL

Submit the Clerk’s hard copies of exhibits at least five days before the scheduled hearing.

Please note, the Clerk of Court requires hard copies of exhibits, marked with letters for identification, which shall be submitted at least five(5) days prior to the scheduled hearings.

Judge Bonnie J. Helms

CRITICAL

File a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal or Stipulated Order to Dismiss within 15 days after the Notice of Settlement or the case may be set for a status hearing.

A Notice of Voluntary Dismissal or a Stipulated Order to Dismiss shall be filed within 15 days of the Notice of Settlement, or this case may be set for a status hearing.

Judge Bonnie J. Helms

CRITICAL

File and serve the notice of hearing immediately after reserving hearing time.

A notice of hearing must be filed and served immediately after reserving hearing time.

Judge Bonnie J. Helms

CRITICAL

Submit requests for remote appearance at least five days before the hearing.

Requests for remote appearance must be submitted five (5) days prior to the hearing.

Judge Bonnie J. Helms

CRITICAL

Deadline
5 business days

Hard copies of exhibits must be submitted to the Clerk at least five business days before the scheduled hearing.

Please note: the Clerk of the Court requires hard copies of Exhibits to be marked for identification and shall be submitted at least 5 business days prior to the scheduled hearing.

Judge James W. Morgan III

CRITICAL

A Notice of Voluntary Dismissal or Stipulated Order to Dismiss must be filed within 15 days of the Notice of Settlement.

A Notice of Voluntary Dismissal or a Stipulated Order to Dismiss shall be filed within 15 days of the Notice of Settlement, or this case may be set for a status hearing.

Judge James W. Morgan III

WARNING

After receiving the Notice of Ready, the office will hold it for 21 days to allow objections to be filed.

Once the Notice of Ready has been received by this office, it will be held for twenty-one days to allow time for objections to be filed.

Judge James W. Morgan III
Common questions about Sixteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Monroe County) filing timing and cure windows rules

What filing deadlines does Sixteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Monroe County) set?

Judge Bonnie J. Helms: Forward copies of exhibits and exhibit lists to the Judicial Assistant at least five business days before the hearing unless otherwise instructed.

View ruleOfficial source Source: page 1, section G. Exhibits for Evidentiary Proceedings

Judge James W. Morgan III: Hard copies of exhibits must be submitted to the Clerk at least five business days before the scheduled hearing.

View ruleOfficial source Source: page 1, section SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS FOR SCHEDULED HEARINGS AND TRIALS

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