Laura E. Ward

Circuit Judgepublished

THIRTEENTH Judicial Circuit · Hillsborough County · Circuit Civil — Div. O

Division procedures — 0 requirement card(s)

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Practice rules & preferences (1)

ported from the BenchPath card library

Judge-specific practice cards — page limits, proposed-order formats, hearing mechanics — with the verification metadata exactly as recorded in that system (never upgraded here).

PDF for Agreed, Word for Competing, 3- and 5-Day Clocks — Circuit Civil O

Proposed OrdersCIV-O — Circuit Civil Division Ohigh confidence

Upload agreed orders as PDF via the Florida ePortal (Division O queue) within 5 days of the hearing, with her cover-letter protocol. If the other side objects, competing orders go to the JA as Word documents within 3 days; if no response within 5 days of service, upload the PDF with a cover letter documenting silence. Hearing binders are most useful indexed, tabbed, and provided three days in advance.

13th Jud. Cir., Judge Ward Procedures & Preferences (Circ. Civ. O)official source ↗

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