Do You Know Your Administrative Orders and Should You?

1
Do You Know Your Administrative Orders and Should
You?

• Judge Sandy Karlan
• Administrative Judge of the Family Division
• Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida
• The 29th Annual View from the Family Bench
• May 16, 2014

2
What is the authority for creating Administrative
Orders?

• Florida Rule of Judicial Administration
  2.215(b)(1) provides that the chief judge shall
  be a circuit judge who possesses administrative
  ability.
• Florida Rule of Judicial Administration
  2.215(b)(2) provides in part that the chief
  judge may enter and sign administrative orders,
  except as otherwise provided by this rule.

3
Where can you find Family Administrative Orders?

• Eleventh Judicial Circuits website
• www.jud11.flcourts.org ? Information Desk ?
  Administrative Orders
• Search by Category, Keyword, Year, and
• Archives

4

4
5
Where can you find Family Administrative Orders?

• Miami-Dade County Law Library
• Dade County Courthouse,
• 73 West Flagler Street, 3rd Floor Tel
  305-349-7548
• Legal research services online ?Westlaw
• Clerks Office

5
6
RECENT ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS

• NO. 14-01 Amends AO 93-54 regarding payment for
  mediation
• NO. 14-05 Parent Education Course
• parties to a dissolution/paternity required
• parties to a modification may be required
• NO. 14-04 Eliminates mandated Childrens
• Education program

7
ADOPTION CHECKLISTS

• Adoption Checklists are available in the Clerks
  office and on the Courts website.
• The checklists are detailed and must be reviewed
  before filing your adoption or TPR.

8
ELECTRONIC DEVICES IN COURTROOM

• AO 14-02
• Includes definitions of electronic devices, media
  journalist, news media, etc.
• Sets out the limitations on the use of electronic
  media prior approval from presiding judge.
• Audio recordings
• Media rooms
• Enforcement

9
11th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT PROFESSIONALISM AND
CIVILITY COMMITTEE AND LOCAL PROFESSIONALISM
PANELAO 14-01

• Creates the Professionalism Committee and defines
  its term and functions
• Establishes local Professionalism Panel
• Judge Reemberto Diaz will discuss in detail

10
Questions