Christine E. Arendas

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Christine E. Arendas Nyree Fraser
Circuit Judge Judicial Assistant
Orange and Osceola Counties
2 Courthouse Square, Suite 6455
Kissimmee, Florida 34741
Courtroom 4A
division20b@ocnjcc.org
(407) 742-2513
DIVISION 20 PROCEDURES
Judge Christine E. Arendas has adopted the following procedures for those
practicing in Circuit Civil Division 20 in Osceola County, Florida. These procedures
are supplementary and do not alter any law or rule adopted by the Florida Legislature
or the Florida Supreme Court. Questions not answered by these policies may be
directed to division20b@ocnjcc.org
These procedures may be revised periodically to reflect changed circumstances, changed
procedural rules, or developments in case law.
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I. HEARINGS
A. Read and Comply
Attorneys and self-represented parties are expected to read and comply with all applicable
rules and procedures. Two common but significant mistakes are failure to read and comply
with:
1. F.R.C.P. 1.202 requires a meet and confer on all non-dispositive motions PRIOR
to the motion being filed. A Certificate of Conferral is to be attached to the motion.
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2. Administrative Order 2012-03-01, which establishes the Court’s “meet and confer”
and certification requirements. Failure to comply with Administrative Order 2012-
03-01 will generally delay the setting of hearings or result in the cancellation of
hearings. Certificate of Compliance exemplars appear in the appendix to these
procedures. This is an additional requirement to the meet and confer required under
F.R.C.P. 1.202 and must be held prior to requesting hearing time on the motion.
3. Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.530, which governs
the use of communication technology in court proceedings. Failure to comply with
Rule 2.530 will generally result in denial of requests to conduct hearings or trials,
in whole or in part, by way of communication technology.
B. Setting Hearings
1. Request sufficient time. Hearings will not be permitted to exceed to secured time.
Hearing time will be divided equally between the sides (and when a side has more than
one party, equally within the side) and the Court will reserve a portion of time for
ruling.
2. Hearing time may be obtained by using the aiCalendar as follows:
a. Go to ninthcircuit.org, Available Hearing Times and select Osceola Civil Division
20 from the menu at the bottom of the page. Choose from available hearing times.
For requests exceeding 15 minutes, combine consecutive timeslots. Hearing
requests for longer than one (1) hour must be approved by the Court by appearing
during ex parte/short matters or by email to division20b@ocnjcc.org detailing the
reason for the excess time requested.
b. Coordinate the date with opposing counsel and any self-represented parties.
c. Contact the Judicial Assistant by email at division20b@ocnjcc.org for the hearing
to be added to the docket. All counsel and any self-represented parties must be
included on the email to the Judicial Assistant. Hearing time is not confirmed until
the Judicial Assistant emails confirmation of the hearing.
The hearing request must include:
1) Date and time being requested for the hearing;
2) Case number;
3) Style of the case;
4) Names of the attorneys (or self represented litigants when applicable);
5) Title of the motion(s) to be heard and the date the motion was filed;
6) Amount of time requested for the hearing;
7) Date and manner of the required meet and confer;
d. The email to the Judicial Assistant must specifically indicate counsel’s compliance
with the “meet and confer” requirement except in the case of hea

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