17th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Updated July 11th, 2011

All Foreclosure Hearings will continue to be heard in the dedicated Foreclosure Court.

Motions to cancel sale must comply with new Administrative Order 2011-12-Civ, which requires motion to be filed and hearing set 10 court business days prior to hearing.

All Summary Judgments, Motion to Default, Motion to Withdraw, Plaintiff’s Motions to Cancel Sale, Substition of Party Plaintiff, Motions for Writ of Possession, Motions to Reset Sale, Association to Advance Case, and Motion to Authorize Distribution of Fund are to be set in Division F20 Mondays - Thursdays in the afternoon. Do not set these motions on the F21 Docket.

All other Motion Calendar Hearings are to be set in Division F21 Mondays - Thursdays in the mornings.

All Foreclosure Special Sets and Trials will be held on Friday afternoons. All will be set by the court at hearing.

Administrative Orders

AO2011-12-Civ: As To Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Sales

AO2011-13-Civ: Case Management Of Residential Foreclosure Cases And Mandatory Referral Of Mortgage Foreclosure Cases Involving Homestead Residences To Mediation

Program Provider American Arbitration Association

- Broward Mediation Program

- Broward Mediation Forms

- Attorney/Party Calendar Tool

AO2010-42-Civ: Consolidation Of Circuit Cases, And Reassignment Of Circuit Civil Cases

AO2010-44-Civ: Counsel To Serve Copies Of Orders And Judgments In Commercial And Residential Foreclosure Cases

AO2010-79-Civ: Establishing Circuit Civil Case Distribution, Consolidation Of Circuit Cases, Reassignment Of Circuit Civil Cases, And Transfer Of Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Cases

Scheduling and Location Information

IMPORTANT NOTE:

If your case is a non-residential foreclosure case (condominium lien, commercial foreclosure, contract indebtedness, etc.) currently assigned to Division 11, please Click Here to have your case transferred to a general civil division. This process will take approximately 48 hours.

When filing notices for Foreclosure Hearings type "Presiding Judge" under the Judges Name.

Online Scheduling

All Foreclosure Master Calendar hearings will be set online.

Motions appropriate for F20 are only those available in the drop down menu. All Summary Judgement Motions are to be set in F20.

All Summary Judgement Motions are NOT to be set in F21.

Attorneys are encouraged to set blocks of cases for judicial economy.

Upon arrival at the court room please check-om with Court Deputy.

To Schedule Hearings online Click Here

Online Scheduling Instructions

To view UMC Dockets go to Online Scheduling System and select: "To view UMC Dockets click here"

Pro Se Scheduling

Pro Se Litigants must set hearings with Judicial Assistant for Judge Garcia-Wood . A filed motion and copies of notices to send to all parties, and proper identification are required.

Online Resources

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