Mary G. Jolley

PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES FOR CIVIL CASES IN DIVISION 32
(revised from June 30, 2025)
Mary G. Jolley, Circuit Judge
Kasey McCoy, Judicial Assistant
Contact Information:
Mailing Address: Steven C. Henderson Judicial Center
125 E. Orange Avenue
Hearing Room 304
Daytona Beach, Florida 32114
Telephone: (386) 257-6091
Email Address: kmccoy@circuit7.org
Proposed Orders: Division32@circuit7.org
I. Communication with the Judicial Office:
A. Method of Communications: All communications with the judicial chambers must be
submitted by email to kmccoy@circuit7.org. The subject line of any email to the judicial
assistant must contain the case number, case name, and relevant matter. (Ex.: 2024 10010
CICI – Smith v. Smith – 1 Hour Hearing Time Requested)
B. Ex Parte Communications: All communications must comply with Canon 3 of the Code of
Judicial Conduct, which prohibits a judge from initiating, permitting, or considering ex parte
communications and from considering other communications outside the presence of the
parties concerning a pending or impending proceeding, unless authorized by law. All parties
must be copied on any email directed to the judicial office, unless an ex parte communication
is authorized by law.
C. Unsolicited Communications: The Court will not consider unsolicited communications from
non-parties to a case. Parties may only contact the judicial office in accordance with these
practices and procedures.
D. E-Filing Portal Contact Information: All attorneys and self-represented litigants must make
and receive service by email through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal, unless excused. See
Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.516; https://www.clerk.org/e-file.aspx. It is the
responsibility of attorneys and self-represented litigants to update their contact information
using Form 2.603 any time there is a change in the email account registered for electronic
service. Communication with the judicial chambers shall be by telephone to (386) 257-6091
only if excused from email service. The phone number to judicial chambers does not accept
text messages.
E. Response to Inquiries: When communicating with the judicial office please be cognizant that
there are several thousand cases pending in this division at any given time and the judicial
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office receives numerous emails and phone calls daily. Your inquiry will typically be
responded to in the order it was received, as expeditiously as reasonably possible. Repeated
inquiries and e-mails to the judicial assistant will not result in a faster response.
F. Communications with Judicial Assistant: The judicial assistant is not permitted to provide
legal advice. Any email sent to or from the judicial office may be a public record subject to
disclosure. Do not include the judicial assistant in emails between parties that do not
request action from the judicial chambers.
II. Scheduling Procedures:
A. Court Schedule: Trials are scheduled for Division 32 during the last two weeks of the month,
except for November and December, which have one week trial periods. See
https://circuit7.org/judges/judge-mary-g-jolley/.
Hearings are scheduled Monday through Friday during non-trial weeks. Expedited hearings
(five (5) minute matters) are every Wednesday morning at 9:15 a.m. or at 8:30 a.m. during
trial weeks. All expedited hearings are non-evidentiary. All hearings on an expedited docket
shall be noticed for five (5) minutes.
Foreclosure Default/Summary Final Judgment Hearings are held at 10:00 a.m. on most
Wednesday mornings during non-trial weeks and shall take no longer than five (5) to ten (10)
minutes.
B. Scheduling Hearings: Hearings shall be coordinated with op

[Excerpt — full procedures at the official source link.]