Judge Helene L. Daniel
Individual Rules, Standing Orders & Policies
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Limits & Logistics
Document Limits
Courtesy Copies
Motion
Extraordinary Writ Petition
Court-wide- Immediately Upon Filing
Financial Affidavit, Exhibits
Court-wideGuardian Ad Litem Report
Court-wide- At Least 48 Hours Before Hearing
Adjournments
Court-wideRequest must include
Communication
Chambers
Clerk
Clerk
Clerk
Phone
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Document Format Requirements3 rules
Upload the Uniform Order Setting Trial and Pre-Trial through the e-portal in pdf format ONLY.
- File type
- Trial order
Proposed Orders must be uploaded in pdf format through the e-portal. Proposed Orders uploaded in WORD are rejected automatically by the e-portal.
- File type
- Proposed order
An agreed Pre-Trial Conference Order shall be emailed to the JA in word format before the date of the PTC.
- File type
- Word
- Pretrial conference order
Document Filing Requirements6 rules
Proposed orders that are agreed upon by the parties are to be uploaded through the portal in PDF format. Please include a reminder of the date of the hearing in the cover letter, and if the Order is agreed to by the parties.
Every notice of hearing must include the hearing date and time, reserved duration, motion titles and document numbers, and the appropriate Zoom or in-person location information.
Court's wording
All Notices of Hearing shall include: Date and time to be heard Amount of time reserved for the hearing Title of each motion and doc # to be heard Zoom or In Person – Zoom hearings should only include the zoom info and not the courthouse address. In Person hearings should include the courthouse address and should not include any zoom info.
In all notices of hearing, please put the date filed and docket number of the matter being called up for hearing.
Any attorney or pro se party that used AI in preparing a filing must disclose that use in a clear factual statement and certify that all legal and record citations were verified as accurate.
- Document
- Filing
Must include
- •AI disclosure
Court's wording
If any attorney or pro se party has used Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) in the preparation of any complaint, answer, motion, brief, or other paper filed with the Court, and assigned to Judge Daniel, MUST, in a clear and plain factual statement, disclosure that AI has been used in any way in the filing, and CERTIFY, that each and every citation to the law or the record in the paper, has been verified as accurate.
For disputed orders, one email to the judicial assistant must include a cover letter describing the differences, the hearing date, and Word versions of the competing orders.
Court's wording
In the case of orders NOT agreed to, please submit one email to the JA at gencivdivh@fljud13.org containing a cover letter which describes the differences in the Orders, a reminder of the hearing date, and WORD versions of the competing orders for the Court’s review and editing; the Court will upload and sign an order on the hearing.
Insert that the PTC is IN PERSON in the trial order.
Filing & Service rules
Electronic Filing Rules
Proposed orders must be uploaded to the e-portal in PDF format, and Word versions are automatically rejected.
Proposed Orders must be uploaded in pdf format through the e-portal. Proposed Orders uploaded in WORD are rejected automatically by the e-portal.
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The Uniform Order Setting Trial and Pre-Trial must be uploaded through the e-portal in PDF format only.
Upload the Uniform Order Setting Trial and Pre-Trial through the e-portal in pdf format ONLY.
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Filing Timing and Cure Windows
Authority and other documents intended for the court's consideration must be filed at least three business days before the hearing or earlier if applicable rules require an earlier date.
All authority or other documents you would like the Court to consider MUST be filed in the Court file no fewer than 3 business days, prior to the hearing, or as specified by the applicable Rules, whichever is earlier.
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Courtesy Copy Requirements
After an emergency motion is filed and properly flagged, a courtesy copy must be emailed to the judicial assistant.
After the motion is filed with the clerk and properly flagged as an emergency pursuant to Administrative Order S-2024-046, Paragraph 19 (B), please email the JA with a courtesy copy so the Court is aware of the need to act on the Motion.
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Filing Bundling Requirements
For UMC Hearings lasting 5-7 minutes and CMC Hearings lasting 15 or 30 minutes, do not submit binders or other paper documents to Chambers.
For UMC Hearings 5-7 minutes, CMCHearings 15 and 30 minutes long (this includes all hearings that are 30 minutes or shorter): NO MORE BINDERS PLEASE. Do not submit any binders or other paper documents to Chambers for short hearing as outlined above.
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For hearings lasting 45 minutes or longer, hearing binders may be submitted by regular mail or courthouse drop-off at least three business days before the hearing, but not by email.
For Hearings 45 minutes and longer: Hearing binders may be provided to the Court at least 3 business days prior to the hearing and must be submitted via regular mail or dropped off at the courthouse. No Emails.
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Chambers Communication Rules
Pretrial conferences must be in person, each party must have at least one trial counsel present, and an agreed pretrial conference order must be emailed to the judicial assistant in Word format before the conference.
All Pre-trials will be in person only. At least one trial counsel per party must appear at the pretrial conference. An agreed Pre-Trial Conference Order shall be emailed to the JA in word format before the date of the PTC.
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The party scheduling a hearing must promptly notify the judicial assistant, opposing party or counsel, and any scheduled court reporter if the hearing is cancelled or rescheduled.
If any hearing is being cancelled or rescheduled, the attorney or self-represented party that scheduled the hearing MUST notify the judge’s judicial assistant at gencivdivh@fljud13.org , the opposing counsel or opposing party and the court reporter, if one was reserved/scheduled as soon as possible.
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The judicial assistant must be emailed to schedule a certain trial date for non-jury trials.
For Non-Jury trials, please email JA and we will schedule the trial date certain.
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Requests or messages to the judicial assistant must be sent by email with all other parties copied.
Please email the JA at gencivdivh@fljud13.org and copy all other parties with your request or message.
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The judicial assistant must be emailed to confirm availability for agreed trial and pretrial conference dates.
Email JA to confirm availability for agreed Trial and PTC dates.
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A request for a hearing longer than 30 minutes requires contacting the judicial assistant for availability.
Anyone requesting a hearing of longer than 30 minutes must contact the JA for availability.
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Parties may email the judicial assistant to request an in-person hearing, non-jury trial, or evidentiary hearing.
Parties who need an in-person hearing, non-jury trial or evidentiary hearing may contact the JA at gencivdivh@fljud13.org.
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Pro se litigants may email the judicial assistant to obtain hearing availability.
Pro Se litigants may email the JA for hearing availability.
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