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Administrative Orders of the 19th Circuit
The Court has revoked the orders and amendments marked with three ***, as of April 17, 2026. These orders are provided here for information only.
The orders are also available in print at the Main law library in downtown Ft. Pierce.
Order Number | Order Title | Order Date |
|---|---|---|
2026-01 | 01/06/2026 | |
2026-02 | 01/07/2026 | |
2026-03 | 01/09/2026 | |
Amended 2026-03 | 01/12/2026 | |
2026-04 | 02/16/2026 | |
2026-05 | 04/06/2026 | |
2025-01 | IN RE: CIVIL CASE MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION | 01/10/2025 |
2025-02 | IN RE: LOCAL BOND SCHEDULE | 01/21/2025 |
No. AOSC24-126 | ||
Amended 2024-13 | RE: JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENTS FOR 2025 | 01/30/2025 |
2025-03 | FINAL JUDGMENT ORDER FORM IN FORECLOSURE CASES | 02/10/2025 |
2024-13 | RE: JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENTS FOR 2025 | 03/10/2025 |
Amended 2025-03 | IN RE: FINAL JUDGMENT ORDER FORM IN FORECLOSURE CASES | 05/14/2025 |
2025-04 | Calendar Year 2026 Court Holidays | 07/10/2025 |
2025-06 | IN RE: MAGISTRATES AND HEARING OFFICERS | 10/20/2025 |
Amended 2024-13 | RE: JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENTS FOR 2025 | 10/30/2025 |
2025-09 | RE: ADULT DRUG COURT PROGRAMS | 12/16/2025 |
2025-10 | IN RE: USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN COURT FILINGS | 12/17/2025 |
Amended 2017-05 | IN RE: MODIFICATION OF FINAL JUDGMENT ORDER FORM IN FORECLOSURE CASES | 04/05/2024 |
2024-01 | GUARDIANSHIP EDUCATION FOR NON-PROFESSIONAL GUARDIANS | 04/16/2024 |
2024-02 | ADULT DRUG COURT PROGRAMS | 05/07/2024 |
2024-03 | AUTHORIZATION OF THE CITY OF STUART POLICE DEPARTMENT TO EFFECT SERVICE OF RISK PROTECTION ORDERS AND DOCUMENTS | 05/15/2024 |
Amended 2023-06 | SECOND AMENDED ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2023-06: Judicial Assignments for 2024 | 06/24/2024 |
2024-04 | Appointment of Robert Goldman as Civil Traffic Infraction and Parking Ticket Violations Hearing Officer for Indian River, Martin, St. Lucie and Okeechobee | 08/20/2024 |
2024-05 | Appointment of Lindsay Stroke as Child Support Enforcement Hearing Officer for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, State of Florida | 08/23/2024 |
2024-06 | Appointment of Kathryn Hill as General Magistrate for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, State of Florida | 08/23/2024 |
2024-07 | Appointment of Gary Bokas as Child Support Enforcement Hearing Officer for
the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, State of Florida | 08/13/2024 |
2024-08 | Calendar Year 2025 Court Holidays | 09/03/2024 |
2024-09 | Appointment of Sean Lewis as General Magistrate for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, State of Florida | 09/26/2024 |
2024-10 | Appointment of Bruce Baillie as Child Support Enforcement Hearing Officer
for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, State of Florida | 09/26/2024 |
2024-11 | Order Vacating Administrative Order 2022-05 | 10/07/2024 |
2024-12 | Appointment of Ryan Grazi as Civil Traffic Infraction and parking Ticket Violations Hearing Officer for Indian River, Martin, St. Lucie and Okeechobee Counties | 10/16/2024 |
2024-13 | JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENTS FOR 2025 | 10/29/2025 |
Amended 2024-13 | IN RE: Judicial Assignments for 2025 | 11/27/2024 |
Amended 2024-14 | IN RE: CERTIFICATION AND REGULATION OF PROCESS SERVERS | 12/04/2024 |
2023-1 | 04/05/2023 | |
Amended 2022-09 | Counties | 05/30/2023 |
2023-2 | Revised Criminal Background Investigation for Prospective and Current Employees, Contractors, Volunteers, and Affiliates working in any Courthouse in
the 19th Judicial Circuit of Florida | 07/17/2023 |
2023-3 | JUDICIAL ALLOTTED LEAVE | 04/05/2023 |
2023-4 | RE: Calendar Year 2024 Court Holidays | 08/21/2023 |
2023-6 | JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENTS FOR 2024 | 10/05/2023 |
2023-7 | GUARDIANSHIP EDUCATION | 12/01/2023 |
2023-8 | LOCAL BOND SCHEDULE | 12/12/2023 |
2022-1 | DRUG COURT PROGRAMS | 04/01/2022 |
2020-17 | RE: PRETRIAL RELEASE PROGRAMS - Ammendment 1 | 02/07/2022 |
2017-10 | RE: SELECTION AND PAYMENT OF COURT-APPOINTED EXPERT WITNESSES | 02/16/2022 |
Amended 2021-13 | AMENDED JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENTS FOR 2022 | 02/16/2022 |
2022-2 | Appointment of Janie Lowe Crittenden as Child Support Enforcement Hearing Officer for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, State of Florida | 04/01/2022 |
Amended 2020 -17 | PRETRIAL RELEASE PROGRAMS - Ammendment 2 | 05/11/2022 |
2022-03 | Magistrates and Hearing Officers | 05/18/2022 |
2022-04 | APPOINTMENT OF JESSICA SEBAG AS CIVIL TRAFFIC INFRACTION AND PARKING TICKET VIOLATIONS HEARING OFFICER FOR INDIAN RIVER, MARTIN, ST. LUCIE AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES | 05/19/2022 |
2017-12 | APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM E. HAWKINS, JR. AS CIVIL TRAFFIC INFRACTION AND PARKING TICKET VIOLATIONS HEARING OFFICER FOR INDIAN RIVER, MARTIN, ST. LUCIE AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES | 05/19/2022 |
2017-13 | APPOINTMENT OF JEFFREY P. BATTISTA AS CIVIL TRAFFIC INFRACTION AND PARKING TICKET VIOLATIONS HEARING OFFICER FOR INDIAN RIVER, MARTIN, ST. LUCIE AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES | 05/19/2022 |
2022-05 | ALTERNATIVE SANCTIONS FOR TECHNICAL VIOLATIONS OF JUVENILE PROBATION AND INCENTIVES | 06/15/2022 |
2022-06 | APPOINTMENT OF ELIZABETH R. HUNTER AS CIVIL TRAFFIC INFRACTION
AND PARKING TICKET VIOLATIONS HEARING OFFICER FOR INDIAN RIVER, MARTIN, ST. LUCIE AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES | 06/06/2022 |
2022-07 | Calendar Year 2023 Court Holidays | 07/06/2022 |
2017-05 | Second Amended Administrative Order 2017-05 MODIFICATION OF PROPOSED FINAL JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE | 07/07/2022 |
2022-9 | JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENTS FOR 2023 | 09/06/2022 |
2022-10 | REVISED COVID-19 HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND TRIAL COURT OPERATIONAL MEASURES | 10/04/2022 |
2022-11 | Appointment of Sara F. Davis as General Magistrate for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida | 11/17/2022 |
Amended 2022-9 | Amended - JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENTS FOR 2023 | 12/01/2022 |
Amended 2020-17 | PRETRIAL RELEASE PROGRAMS - Ammendment 3 | 12/14/2022 |
Amended 2020-17 | PRETRIAL RELEASE PROGRAMS - Ammendment 4 | 12/15/2022 |
2021-1 | 01/05/2021 | |
2021-2 | MARTIN, ST. LUCIE AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES | 02/09/2021 |
2021-3 | Veterans' Treatment Court | 02/24/2021 |
2021-4 | Amended Judicial Assignments for 2021 | 04/23/2021 |
2021-5 | Civil Case Management and Resolution | 04/23/2021 |
2021-6 | Court Attendance of the St. Lucie County Clerk of Court | 05/17/2021 |
2021-7 | Appointment of Lillian Ewen as General Magistrate | 05/06/2021 |
2021-8 | Veterans' Treatment Court | 05/18/2021 |
2021-9 | Amended Judicial Assignments for 2021 | 07/01/2021 |
2021-10 | Calendar Year 2022 Court Holidays | 07/30/2021 |
2021-11 | Continued COVID-19 Reopening Procedures And Court Operations – Second Protocols | 07/29/2021 |
2021-12 | Criminal Alternative Sanctions Program | 08/24/2021 |
2021-13 | Judicial Assignments 2022 | 08/31/2021 |
2021-14 | CONTINUED COVID-19 REOPENING PROCEDURES And Court Operations – Second Protocols | 09/15/2021 |
2021-15 | REVISED COVID-19 HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND TRIAL COURT OPERATIONAL MEASURES | 11/09/2021 |
Amended 2021-15 | REVISED COVID-19 HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND TRIAL COURT OPERATIONAL MEASURES | 01/12/2022 |
2020-1 | TRIAL COURT OPERATIONAL | 03/19/2020 |
2020-2 | Emergency Temporary Standing Order for Domestic Relations Cases | 04/03/2020 |
2020-3 | Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) - Monitored House Arrest or No Bond Until First Appearance for Quarantine/Isolation Violations | 04/07/2020 |
2020-4 | Appointment of Leatha D. Mullins as General Magistrate/Hearing Officer for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, State of Florida | 04/29/2020 |
2020-5 | Appointment of Elizabeth R. McHugh as Child Support Enforcement Hearing Officer for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, State of Florida | 05/01/2020 |
2020-6 | Covid-19 Reopening Procedures; Establishment of a Covid-19 Reopening Workgroup | 05/07/2020 |
2020-7 | AMENDED BELOW Covid-19 Reopening Procedures - First Protocols | 05/15/2020 |
2020-7a | Covid-19 Reopening Procedures - Amended Procedures | 02/10/2021 |
2020-8 | Release of Certain Pretrial Detainees to Mitigate Threat of COVID-19 in Saint Lucie County Jail | 05/26/2020 |
2020-9 | COVID-19 Resumption of Certain Proceedings | 05/29/2020 |
2020-10 | COVID-19 REOPENING JURY PROTOCOLS | 06/03/2020 |
2020-11 | JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENTS FOR 2021 | 07/14/2020 |
2020-12 | Calendar Year 2021 Court Holidays | 08/21/2020 |
2020-13 | REVOCATION OF INACTIVE AND SUPERSEDED ORDERS | 09/08/2020 |
2020-14 | Revocation of Additional Inactive and Superseded Orders | 10/12/2020 |
2020-15 | Delegation of Contract Authority | 10/12/2020 |
2020-16 | AMENDED BELOW - Appellate Division of the Circuit Court | 10/26/2020 |
2020-16a | Appellate Division of the Circuit Court | 10/27/2020 |
2020-17 | Pretrial Release Program | 11/30/2020 |
2020-18 | AMENDED BELOW - Transfer Of Pending Appeals From The Circuit Court To The District Court Of Appeal | 12/08/2020 |
2020-18a | Transfer Of Pending Appeals From The Circuit Court To The District Court Of Appeal | 01/04/2021 |
2019-1 | Mental Health Court Program | 01/03/2019 |
2019-2 | Order Vacating Administrative Order 2017-11 | 01/31/2019 |
2019-3 | Drug Court Programs | 04/04/2019 |
2019-4 | Appellate Division of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit | 05/23/2019 |
2019-5 | AMENDED - see below - Court Operations in Emergency Event | 06/25/2019 |
CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS PLAN | ||
2019-5a | Court Operations in Emergency Event as Amended | 08/19/2019 |
2019-6 | AMENDED - See Below - Calendar Year 2020 Court Holidays | 07/16/2019 |
2019-6a | Amended Calendar Year 2020 Court Holidays | 07/16/2019 |
2019-7 | Revised St. Lucie County Bond Schedule | 08/08/2019 |
SLC Adjusted Bond Schedule | ||
2019-8 | Judicial Assignments for 2020 | 09/12/2019 |
2019-8a | Judicial Assignments for 2020 - AMENDED | 02/13/2020 |
2019-9 | Approved Courses of Instruction and Training for Non-Professional Guardians Appointed by the Court | 09/12/2019 |
2019-10 | Revised St. Lucie County Bond Schedule | 12/10/2019 |
2018-01 | Order Vacating Administrative Order 1993-09 | 02/09/2018 |
2018-02 | Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedures | 03/01/2018 |
2018-03 | Calendar Year 2019 Court Holidays | 06/08/2018 |
2018-04 | Authorization of Port St. Lucie Police Department to Effect Service of Risk Protection Orders and Documents | 07/10/2018 |
2018-05 | Order Vacating Administrative Order 2000-15 | 07/18/2018 |
2018-06 | AMENDED - See Below - Judicial Assignments for 2019 | 09/14/2018 |
2018-06a | AMENDED - See Below - Amended Judicial Assignments for 2019 | 12/04/2018 |
2018-06a2 | AMENDED - See Below - Second Amended Judicial Assignments for 2019 | 12/05/2018 |
2018-06a3 | AMENDED - See Below - Third Amended Judicial Assignments for 2019 | 03/21/2019 |
2018-06a4 | AMENDED - See Below - Fourth Amended Judicial Assignments for 2019 | 05/10/2019 |
2018-06a5 | Fifth Amended Judicial Assignments for 2019 | 07/01/2019 |
2018-07 | 2018/2019 Funding of County Court Mediation | 10/08/2018 |
2017-01 | Appointment of Leatha D. Mullins as Child Support Enforcement Hearing Officer for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida | 01/06/2017 |
2017-02 | AMENDED - see below. Pro Bono Services (Supersedes Administrative Order 96-2) | 01/09/2017 |
2017-02a | Pro Bono Services (Supersedes Administrative Order 1996-02 and 2017-02) | 04/19/2017 |
2017-03 | AMENDED - see below: Second Amended Certification and Regulation of Process Servers | 02/15/2017 |
2017-03a | AMENDED - see below: as Amended: CERTIFICATION AND REGULATION OF PROCESS SERVERS (Supersedes Administrative Order 2002-08)EXHIBIT A Initial Application for Certified Process Server EXHIBIT B Certified Process Server Renewal Application EXHIBIT C Certificate of Good Conduct EXHIBIT D Affidavit of Mentor Certified Process Server EXHIBIT E Certified Process Server Education | 03/06/2017 |
2017-03a2 | CERTIFICATION AND REGULATION OF PROCESS SERVERS (Supersedes Administrative Order 2002-08) | 04/20/2017 |
2017-03a Exhibit A | EXHIBIT A Initial Application for Certified Process Server | 03/06/2017 |
2017-03a Exhibit B | EXHIBIT B Certified Process Server Renewal Application | 03/06/2017 |
2017-03a Exhibit C | EXHIBIT C Certificate of Good Conduct | 03/06/2017 |
2017-03a Exhibit D | EXHIBIT D Affidavit of Mentor Certified Process Server | 03/06/2017 |
2017-03a Exhibit E | EXHIBIT E Certified Process Server Education | 03/06/2017 |
2017-04 | Drug Court Programs | 02/15/2017 |
2017-05 | AMENDED - see below - Modification of Proposed Final Judgment of Foreclosure in Residential Foreclosure Cases | 04/25/2017 |
2017-05a | Modification of Proposed Final Judgment of Foreclosure in Residential Foreclosure Cases | 07/08/2019 |
2017-06 | Order For Compensation of Examining Committee EXHIBIT A Order For Compensation of Examining Committee | 04/28/2017 |
2017-07 | Municipal Police Departments and Service of Process in Domestic Violence, Repeat Violence, Sexual Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Injunction Cases | 05/12/2017 |
2017-07 Exhibit A | EXHIBIT A Return of Service | 05/12/2017 |
2017-08 | Calendar Year 2018 Court Holidays | 05/26/2017 |
2017-09 | AMENDED - see below. Baker Act Hearings For Involuntary Inpatient Placement | 06/21/2017 |
2017-09a | Amended Baker Act Hearings For Involuntary Inpatient Placement | 06/28/2017 |
2017-10 | Selection and Payment of Court-Appointed Expert Witnesses | 06/23/2017 |
2017-11 | VACATED by 2019-2: Appointment of Nicole P. Menz as Civil Traffic Infraction and Parking Ticket Violations Hearing officer for Indian River, Martin, and St. Lucie Counties. | 07/18/2017 |
2017-12 | Appointment of William E. Hawkins, JR. as Civil Traffic Infraction and Parking Ticket Violations Hearing officer for Indian River, Martin, and St. Lucie Counties. | 07/18/2017 |
2017-13 | AMENDED - see below. Appointment of Jeffrey P. Batista as Civil Traffic Infraction and Parking Ticket Violations Hearing officer for Indian River, Martin, and St. Lucie Counties. | 07/18/2017 |
2017-13a | Amended Appointment of Jeffrey P. Batista as Civil Traffic Infraction and Parking Ticket Violations Hearing officer for Indian River, Martin, and St. Lucie Counties. | 07/18/2017 |
2017-14 | Order Vacating Administrative Order 2001-20 | 08/21/2017 |
2017-15 | AMENDED - see below: Judicial Assignments for 2018 | 09/01/2017 |
2017-15a | AMENDED - see below:Amended Judicial Assignments for 2018 | 08/11/2017 |
2017-15a2 | AMENDED - See Below - Amended Judicial Assignments for 2018 | 11/13/2017 |
2017-15a4 | 4th Amended Judicial Assignments for 2018 | 09/06/2018 |
2017-16 | Order Vacating Administrative Order 2007-11 | 10/05/2017 |
2017-17 | AMENDED - see below:Order Vacating Administrative Order 1993-09 | 02/09/2018 |
2017-17a | Parenting Coordinators (Supersedes Administrative Order 2015-02) | 11/13/2017 |
2017-18 | Local Options, Teen Court, Juvenile Programs and Small Claims Mediation Budgets | 11/09/2017 |
2016-01 | After-Hours Injunction For Protection Against Violence Duty Judge | 05/10/2016 |
2016-02 | Calendar Year 2017 Court Holidays | 06/17/2016 |
2016-03 | After-Hours Injunction For Protection Against Violence Duty Judge | 08/15/2016 |
2016-04 | Uniform Procedures For The Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act | 08/17/2016 |
2016-05 | AMENDED - see below:Judicial Assignments for 2017 | 11/21/2016 |
2016-05a | Judicial Assignments for 2017 | 11/10/2016 |
2016-06 | 2016/2017 Local Options, Teen Court, Juvenile Programs and Small Claims Mediation Budgets | 11/10/2016 |
2016-07 | AMENDED - see below Criminal Alternative Sanctions Program | 12/12/2016 |
2016-07a | Criminal Alternative Sanctions Program | 01/20/2017 |
2015-01 | Batterer's Intervention Programs For The Nineteenth Judicial Circuit | 01/29/2015 |
2015-02 | Parenting Coordination in Family Law Cases (Superseded by 2017-17a) | 02/06/2015 |
2015-03 | Amendment of St. Lucie County Circuit Judicial Assignments for 2015 | 07/08/2015 |
2015-04 | Amendment of St. Lucie Judicial Assignments for 2015 | 07/08/2015 |
2015-05 | Calendar Year 2016 Court Holidays | 08/10/2015 |
2015-06 | (AMENDED - see below) Nineteenth Circuit Professionalism Panel (Supersedes Administrative Order 2013-14) | 08/12/2015 |
2015-06a | Amended Nineteenth Circuit Professionalism Panelwith Exhibit A Standards of Professional Courtesy | 10/08/2018 |
2015-07 | Residential Foreclosure Cases | 09/01/2015 |
2015-08 | (AMENDED - see below) Judicial Assignments for 2016 | 09/03/2015 |
2015-08a | Judicial Assignments for 2016 | 12/28/2015 |
2015-09 | Batterers' Intervention Programs for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit | 09/17/2015 |
2015--10 | Appointment of Julie Oldehoff as General Magistrate Hearing Officer for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida | 10/13/2015 |
2015-11 | (AMENDED - see below) Teen Court and Mediation Budgets | 11/02/2015 |
2015-11a | Teen Court and Mediation Budgets | 11/02/2015 |
2015-12 | (AMENDED - see below) Unified Family Court (UFC) | 12/01/2015 |
2015-12a | Unified Family Court (UFC) | 01/07/2016 |
2015-13 | Appellate Division of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit | 12/08/2015 |
2014-01 | AMENDED - see below. Appointment of Civil Traffic Infraction and Parking Ticket Violations Hearing Officer for Indian River County. | 10/06/2014 |
2014-01a | Appointment of Civil Traffic Infraction and Parking Ticket Violations Hearing Officer for Indian River County | 01/18/2014 |
2014-02 | Appointment of Civil Traffic Infraction and Parking Ticket Violations Hearing Officer for Indian River, Martin and St. Lucie Counties. | 01/22/2014 |
2014-03 | Appointment of Civil Traffic Infraction and Parking Ticket Violations Hearing Officer for Indian River, Martin and St. Lucie Counties. | 01/22/2014 |
2014-04 | Appointment of Civil Traffic Infraction and Parking Ticket Violations Hearing Officer for Indian River, Martin and St. Lucie Counties. | 01/22/2014 |
2014-05 | Administrative Order Governing Proceedings of General Media Interest and Procedures for Special Interest/High Profile Proceedings | 01/17/2014 |
2014-06 | Criminal Background Investigation for Prospective and Current Employees, Contractors and volunteers Working in any Courthouse in the 1th Judicial Circuit of Florida | 05/12/2014 |
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