Twentieth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry and Lee Counties Electronic Filing Rules

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Proposed order

Proposed orders must be submitted through the proposed order portion of the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal.

All proposed orders must be submitted to the court by the proposed order portion of the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal.

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Emergency motion

Emergency motions must be sent to the judge by urgent-flagged email and the E-Portal, accompanied by a verified motion signed by counsel and their clients, followed by a telephone call.

All emergency hearings/motions must be submitted to the Judge in writing via Electronic Mail (flagged urgent) and through the E- Portal with a copy of the verified Motion signed not only by counsel but ALSO THEIR CLIENT(S) followed by a telephone call, (239) 533-2744.

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Proposed order

Proposed orders should be submitted electronically through the E-Filing Portal.

Beginning March 1st, 2022, proposed orders can be submitted electronically via THE E-FILING PORTAL. This document contains instructions on submitting proposed orders electronically to Judge Stewart. All documents should be submitted through the E-Portal using these instructions.

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Proposed order

A proposed order requiring judicial review must not be submitted until all supporting documents are viewable online.

Prior to sending proposed orders that will require Judge Stewart’s review, check the Clerk’s website to make sure that all required supporting documents are viewable online. DO NOT SEND THE PROPOSED ORDER UNTIL THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENT(S) ARE VIEWABLE ON THE CLERK’S SITE.

Proposed orders must be submitted through the E-Portal for review and signature; final judgments of foreclosure are the stated exception and must be mailed with copies and stamped envelopes for the parties.

All proposed orders MUST be submitted to the E-Portal for Judge Brown’s review and signature. Judge Brown’s office does NOT accept paper orders, with the exception of Final Judgments of Foreclosure which must be mailed to the Judge with copies and stamped envelopes for the parties.

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Exhibits

All exhibits must be emailed to the Judge’s Judicial Assistant and supplied to the Clerk’s Office in paper form five days before the court proceeding, with exhibit markings and an index.

Please forward all exhibits to the Judge’s Judicial Assistant via email 5 days prior to your court proceeding. All exhibits must be marked with an exhibit number or letter and you must provide an index. You must also provide paper copies to the Clerk’s Office 5 days prior to the court proceeding.

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Order

All orders must be submitted through the court's E-portal.

All orders should be submitted through the E-portal at https://www.myflcourtaccess.com.

Attorneys generally must electronically file documents through the Florida Courts e-filing Portal.

In general, attorneys are required to designate a primary e-mail address for the purpose of serving and receiving service of pleadings (after the initial pleading), and are required to electronically file documents through the Florida Courts e-filing Portal.

A self-represented litigant without a designated primary email address must file documents manually with the clerk in accordance with Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.525.

If a self-represented litigant does not designate a primary e-mail address, service by and on that self-represented litigant is to be by hand-delivery or mail and in accordance with Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.516, and the filing of documents by that self-represented litigant with the Clerk is to be done manually and in accordance with Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.525.

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Proposed order

Proposed orders not agreed to by all parties must be submitted to the court by email at the specified address.

Proposed orders not agreed to by all parties must be submitted to the Court by e-mail to cha-circuitcivil@ca.cjis20.org.

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Agreed court ordered case management plan

An Agreed Court Ordered Case Management Plan must be submitted through the E-Filing Portal and include a cover letter to Civil Case Management.

The ACMP are to be submitted through the E-Filing Portal at https://www.myflcourtaccess.com/default.aspx and must include a cover letter to Civil Case Management.

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Jury instructions and verdict forms

Jury instructions and verdict forms must be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word by email to the listed court address.

All jury instructions and verdict forms shall be submitted to the Court in an electronic version in Microsoft Word via e-mail to ggentilecivil@ca.cjis20.org.

Comments filed by attorneys in good standing with The Florida Bar must be submitted electronically through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal.

If filed by an attorney in good standing with The Florida Bar, the comment must be electronically filed via the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal (Portal).

A person unable to submit electronically must mail or hand-deliver the originally signed comment to the Florida Supreme Court Clerk's Office, and no additional copies are accepted.

Any person unable to submit a comment electronically must mail or hand-deliver the originally signed comment to the Florida Supreme Court, Office of the Clerk, 500 South Duval Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399; no additional copies are required or will be accepted.

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Proposed order

Proposed orders should be submitted through the court’s e-filing portal.

Proposed Orders should now be submitted via the e-filing portal at https://www.myflcourtaccess.com/default.aspx.

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Proposed order

When e-filing a proposed order, the filer must select “Proposed Documents” so the order is routed to the court.

When e-filing a proposed order, be sure to select “Proposed Documents” to ensure that that the order gets routed to us.

The checklist and proposed orders must not be submitted until all required documents are posted in Odyssey.

Please do not submit the checklist and order until all documents are posted in Odyssey.

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Petition filing package

The checklist, orders, and letters may not be submitted until all required documents have been posted in Odyssey.

Please do not submit this checklist, orders and letters until all documents are posted in Odyssey.

Hearings lasting 15 minutes or less must be scheduled through JACS.

All hearings 15 minutes or less in length must be scheduled through the Judicial Automated Calendaring System ("JACS").

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Proposed order

All proposed orders must be submitted through the Florida Courts e-filing portal as proposed orders and in Word format only.

All proposed orders are to be submitted as “proposed orders” in the Florida Courts e-filing portal in word format only. https://www.myflcourtaccess.com/

Pretrial conference orders and competing orders should be emailed to the court’s pleadings address, while all other orders must be submitted through the e-portal.

Pretrial Conference Orders and competing orders should be emailed to kkylepleadings@ca.cjis20.org All other orders are to be submitted through the e-portal.

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Proposed order

A proposed order must be submitted through the court’s e-filing portal after the underlying motion appears on the Clerk’s docket.

Proposed orders should now be submitted via the e-filing portal at https://www.myflcourtaccess.com/default.aspx. The Motion will need to appear on the Clerk’s docket before the order can be considered. Once the motion appears on the Clerk’s docket, you can submit the proposed order.

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Pretrial order

The agreed pretrial conference order must be submitted through the court portal.

Pre-Trial Conference Orders: All Pre-Trial Conferences will be held in-person and conducted in Courtroom 4-J. Please submit your AGREED Pre-Trial Conference Orders through the portal.

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Proposed order

Proposed orders must be submitted through the Florida Courts E-Portal.

All proposed Orders must be submitted via the Florida Courts E-Portal.

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Pretrial order

Pretrial conference orders must be submitted through the Florida Courts E-Portal.

All Pre- Trial Conference Orders must be submitted through the Florida Courts E-Portal.

Self-represented parties and new counsel must register an email address with the State E-Portal to receive notices, orders, and hearing notifications.

SELF REPRESENTED PARTIES AS WELL AS NEW COUNSEL ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REGISTERING AN E-MAIL WITH THE STATE E-PORTAL IN ORDER TO RECEIVE NOTICES, ORDERS AND E-MAIL NOTIFICATION WITH HEARING INFORMATION SUCH AS ZOOM LOG IN INFORMATION.

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Proposed order and cover letter

All proposed orders and their cover letters must be submitted through the Florida Courts E-Portal.

ALL PROPOSED ORDERS, ACCOMPANIED BY A COVER LETTER must be submitted via Florida Courts E-Portal.

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Paperwork for court review

Paperwork submitted for the court's review and consideration must be mailed or hand delivered.

All of Judge Brodie's policies and procedures remain in effect. All paperwork for the Court's review and consideration needs to be mailed in or hand delivered.

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Order of referral

For attorney fee and cost petitions exceeding $3,000, the required order of referral must be submitted through the portal for Judge Brodie's signature.

For all Petitions to Approve Attorney’s Fees and Costs in excess of $3000.00, please set them for an evidentiary hearing before the General Magistrate and submit an Order of Referral to the General Magistrate through the portal for Judge Brodie’s signature.

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Proposed order

Proposed orders must be submitted through the E-Portal, except final judgments of foreclosure, which must be mailed to Judge Brodie with copies and stamped envelopes for the parties.

All proposed orders MUST be submitted to the E-Portal for Judge Brodie’s review and signature. Judge Brodie’s office does NOT accept paper orders, with the exception of Final Judgments of Foreclosure which must be mailed to Judge Brodie with copies and stamped envelopes for the parties.

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Order of referral to magistrate

The completed Order of Referral to the Magistrate must be uploaded to the E-portal.

Please complete the Order of Referral to the Magistrate and upload to the E-portal

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Order

All orders must be submitted through the E-Filing Portal at the stated website.

All orders are to be submitted via the E-Filing Portal at https://www.myflcourtaccess.com/

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Proposed order

Proposed orders must be submitted through the Florida Courts e-filing portal.

Proposed orders must be submitted via the e-filing portal at https://www.myflcourtaccess.com/default.aspx.

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Exhibits

Counsel must bring paper exhibit copies for in-person proceedings and file electronic exhibit copies for remote evidentiary hearings; the Clerk also requires a paper copy.

Because the electronic exhibit binder is only for Judge Loukonen, counsel must still bring separate paper copies for in- person proceedings, and must still file electronic copies for remote evidentiary hearings. The Clerk requires a paper copy of the exhibits.

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Proposed order

Proposed orders must be submitted through the My Florida Court Access e-filing portal.

Proposed Orders should now be submitted via the e-filing portal at https://www.myflcourtaccess.com/default.aspx.

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Proposed order

The filer must select “Proposed Documents” when e-filing a proposed order so it is routed appropriately.

When e-filing a proposed order, be sure to select “Proposed Documents” to ensure that that the order gets routed to us.

Attorneys must file documents electronically and receive documents electronically.

Attorneys are required to file and receive documents electronically, thus, if the opposing party is represented by counsel, they will be receiving documents by this method.

Attorneys must file and receive court documents electronically.

Attorneys are required to file and receive documents electronically, thus, if the opposing party is represented by counsel, they will be receiving documents by this method.

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Proposed order

Proposed orders generally must be submitted electronically, subject to unspecified exceptions.

All proposed orders (with very few exceptions) must be submitted electronically.

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Proposed order

Documents requiring Judge Kirshy’s signature should be sent directly through the E-Portal rather than routed through the Clerk, while documents needing Clerk action go to the Clerk.

A proposed order or other document that requires Judge Kirshy’s signature should be sent directly to the Judge via the E- Portal Do not route proposed orders through the Clerk. If certain Clerk action is needed, send the document/request to the Clerk.

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Proposed order

Beginning April 4, 2019, proposed orders for Judge Evans must be submitted by email.

Beginning on April 4, 2019, proposed orders to the Judge Evans should be submitted electronically via E-mail.

The Report and Recommendations and Order on Report must be emailed to the magistrate.

The Report and Recommendations to the Magistrate and Order on Report will be emailed to the Magistrate.

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Proposed report and order

After May 2, 2019, all proposed reports and orders must be submitted electronically, and paper submissions are no longer accepted.

This grace period ends on May 2nd, 2019, after which date all proposed reports and orders must be submitted electronically. No paper submissions will be accepted at this point.

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Documents requiring judge signature

Documents requiring the judge's signature must be emailed to cha-dependency@CA.CJIS20.ORG.

All documents requiring signature of the Judge should be submitted by E-mail using the instructions contained in this document. E-mails must be sent to the following address: cha-dependency@CA.CJIS20.ORG

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Documents requiring magistrate signature

Documents requiring the magistrate's signature must be emailed to cha-magistrate@CA.CJIS20.ORG.

All documents requiring signature of the Magistrate should be submitted by E-mail using the instructions contained in this document. E-mails must be sent to the following address: cha-magistrate@CA.CJIS20.ORG

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Proposed order

Only one order may be submitted per email, and each order must be labeled with the party's name and case number.

Please submit one order per email and you must label each order with the name and case number of that order.

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Hearing materials

Hearing materials over 50 pages must be mailed or hand-delivered to the court in hard copy at least three days before the hearing.

Hearing materials over 50 pages must be mailed or hand-delivered to the Court in hard copy at least 3 days prior to the scheduled hearing.

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Comment

A comment filed by an attorney in good standing with The Florida Bar must be electronically filed through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal.

If filed by an attorney in good standing with The Florida Bar, the comment must be electronically filed via the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal (Portal).

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Comment

A person unable to file electronically must mail or hand-deliver the originally signed comment to the Florida Supreme Court Office of the Clerk; no additional copies are required or accepted.

Any person unable to submit a comment electronically must mail or hand-deliver the originally signed comment to the Florida Supreme Court, Office of the Clerk, 500 South Duval Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399; no additional copies are required or will be accepted.

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Proposed order

Self-represented litigants excused from email service may submit proposed orders by U.S. mail or hand delivery to the judicial office.

Self-represented litigants excused from e-mail service may submit proposed orders to the court by U.S. mail or hand-delivered to the judicial office.

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Proposed order

A filer may not send a proposed order to the court both by email and as a hard copy by mail or portal.

Do not email a proposed order to the Court and then send a hard copy through the mail or through the e-portal.

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Proposed order

Proposed orders should be submitted through the stated E-Filing Portal, and the assigned judge should be verified in the Clerk’s ShowCase System.

Proposed Orders should now be submitted via the e-filing portal at https://www.myflcourtaccess.com/default.aspx Please verify the assigned Judge by checking the Clerk’s ShowCase System.

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Proposed order

Orders agreed to by all parties should be submitted through the court’s e-filing portal.

Only proposed orders that have been agreed to by all parties (Agreed Orders) should be submitted through the Court’s E-Filing Portal.

When a party objects to a proposed submission, both parties must send their competing orders or documents in the same email to the court, explain the objections, and copy all parties with the enclosures.

If there is an objection, both parties must submit their proposed Orders or documents in the same email to the Court, outlining the objections and copying all parties with enclosures.

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Order of referral

Referral of a motion to Magistrate Bernardo is permitted through electronic filing of an Order of Referral to the General Magistrate.

Motions may be referred to the Magistrate upon submission of an Order of Referral to General Magistrate via the e-filing portal.

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Exhibits

Exhibits intended for evidentiary use should be filed electronically or by mail with the clerk far in advance of the hearing so they can be entered into the court file.

If you have exhibits that you wish to introduce into evidence, THEY SHOULD BE FILED ELECTRONICALLY OR BY MAIL WITH THE CLERK OF COURT FAR IN ADVANCE OF THE HEARING, with sufficient time to be entered into the viewable Court file.

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Designation form

The completed designation form must be returned to the Clerk, although an ePortal account holder may file it electronically.

Once you have completed the attached Designation form, return it to the Clerk of Courts on the first floor of the Charlotte County Courthouse, 350 E. Marion Ave, Punta Gorda, FL. If you have an ePortal account, you can e-file the Designation form.

If a required transmission node or network experiences a computer outage, filers may revert to paper submission.

In the event that there is a computer outage at any of the several transmission nodes or networks that must be working in order for this process to work, you will retain the option to return to the previous practice of paper submission and continue functioning with limited interruption of service.

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Proposed order

During the ten-day grace period following April 4, 2019, proposed paper orders remained accepted by delivery to Magistrate Koch.

A grace period of ten (10) days will follow April 4, 2019 during which period the submission of proposed paper orders will continue to be accepted by delivery to Magistrate Koch.

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Comment

A nonlawyer or a lawyer not licensed in Florida may file the comment through the Portal, but electronic filing is not required.

If filed by a nonlawyer or a lawyer not licensed to practice in Florida, the comment may be, but is not required to be, filed via the Portal.

Self-represented litigants may electronically file through the Florida Courts e-filing Portal, although the order encourages but does not require electronic filing.

Self-represented litigants are not required, but are encouraged to file with the Clerk a designation of a primary e-mail address for the purpose of serving and receiving service of pleadings (after the initial pleading), and to electronically file documents through the Florida Courts e-filing Portal at https://www.myflcourtaccess.com.

Comments filed by nonlawyers or lawyers not licensed to practice in Florida may, but are not required to, be filed through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal.

If filed by a nonlawyer or a lawyer not licensed to practice in Florida, the comment may be, but is not required to be, filed via the Portal.

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Pre hearing document

Documents submitted to the judge before a hearing may be e-filed with the clerk or mailed to the judge’s office.

If you would like to submit something to the Judge prior to a hearing, you may either e-file the documents with the Clerk, or mail them into the office.

A self-represented litigant may create an ePortal account to file documents electronically.

You are also eligible to create an e-Portal account so you can e-file documents in your case, just like lawyers do.

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Designation form

A filer with an ePortal account may electronically file the address-designation form.

If you have an ePortal account, you can e-file the Designation form.

Self-represented filers may create an e-Portal account to electronically file case documents.

You are also eligible to create an e-Portal account so you can e-file documents in your case, just like lawyers do.

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Hearing materials

Hearing materials under 50 pages may be submitted to Judge Kirshy by email.

Hearing materials under 50 pages may be sent to Judge Kirshy via e-mail to Rkirshycivil@ca.cjis20.org.