After the Florida Courts Technology Commission approves the e-filing plan and issues approval via letter from the Commission Chair, there must be a testing period that lasts at least 90 days. Testing criteria has been established to ensure the electronic filing system is working properly.
The data elements identify the necessary information to initiate a case filing or file a document in an already existing case. The envelope data elements for civil divisions encompass Circuit Civil, County Civil, Juvenile Dependency, Family, and Probate cases. The envelope data elements for the criminal divisions cover Circuit Criminal, County Criminal, Criminal Traffic, Civil Traffic, and Juvenile Delinquency cases; the criminal and traffic data elements are also defined based on filer role. If you have questions or require additional information on the approved data elements, please contact Lakisha Hall.
On June 21, 2012, the Supreme Court issued opinions approving recommendations to require e-filing by attorneys and e-service, through a phased in implementation. The e-filing portal website provides e-filing and eRecording capability to users with a single statewide login.
Electronic filing of court documents, or E-Filing, allows attorneys and self-represented (pro se) litigants to submit court documents electronically 24 hours a day, seven days a week. E-Filing is mandatory for attorneys.
E-Filing is mandatory for attorneys. E-Filed documents will be docketed as soon as possible. If you wish to recall a document that was submitted, please email Civil E-Filing Help or Criminal E-Filing Help and we will attempt to pend back the document if it has not yet been docketed. Do not file a paper copy of a document that has been E-Filed.
Upon electronic submission of a motion for Clerk’s default, the Clerk will produce the Clerk’s default or Notice of No Default Entered and electronically sign and seal. Once issued, the Clerk’s default will be electronically returned to the e-mail address of the filer.
Paper Copies - Do not file a paper copy of a document that has been E-Filed. Notice of Contest - When filing a notice of contest, indicate that it is an emergency by checking the emergency filing box on the ‘File Subsequent Document (s) into an existing case’ screen in the E-Filing Portal.
Any person unable to submit a comment electronically must mail or hand-deliver the originally signed comment to the Florida Supreme Court, Office of the Clerk, 500 South Duval Street, Tallahassee 32399-1927; no additional copies are required or will be accepted.
An attorney may appear in a proceeding in any of the following ways: < p> (1) serving and filing, on behalf of a party, the party’s first pleading or paper in the proceeding. < p> (2) substitution of counsel, but only by order of court and with written consent of the client, filed with the court.
The attorney who first appears for a party will be deemed lead counsel. Attorneys holding constitutional or statutory offices will be deemed lead counsel unless another attorney is designated. This subdivision does not apply in capital cases as defined in Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.112 (b).
Additional counsel’s appearance may be terminated in a court case in any of the following ways: < p> (A) Order of Withdrawal. order of court after serving and filing on all parties a motion to withdraw as attorney for a party. The motion shall clearly identify the attorney who continues as the lead counsel.
The prior version of rule 2.505 permitted the appearance of an attorney only upon the filing of the first pleading or document, a filing of a notice of appearance, or by the entry of an order of substitution of counsel. The rule did not anticipate or permit the appearance of attorneys for limited purposes, such as to handle a single court proceeding in an on-going case being handled by another lawyer.
< p> “Lead counsel” is the attorney principally responsible to the court and to the client. The manner in which lead counsel enters and leaves a court case is the same as the prior version of the rule.
As with the prior version of the rule, lead counsel cannot withdraw from a case without court approval and notice to the client.