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Florida’s Fifth DCA

Two District Courts Allow Stipulated Enlargements of Time

March 1, 2013

Today’s the day that the Fifth District Court of Appeal’s Administrative Order allowing stipulated enlargements of time go into effect. The Fifth joins the Fourth District Court of Appeal in allowing parties to agree to an enlargement, and then sign a Notice of Enlargement informing the court of the agreement. The Notice need not be [...]

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Agreed Enlargements of Time in the Fifth DCA

February 20, 2013

Following the trend started by the Fourth District Court of Appeal the Fifth District Court of Appeal recently decided to take motions for enlargement of time off of the plate of both the judges and court staff by issuing an administrative order [.pdf] allowing parties to instead stipulate to an agreed enlargement of time. Effective [...]

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Mandatory Appellate e-Filing Delayed

December 1, 2012

To allow more time for the deployment of technology to handle it, the Florida Supreme Court has delayed implementation of mandatory e-filing in the Florida appellate courts. The order [.pdf] sets the new deadlines as follows: February 27, 2013, for the Supreme Court. July 22, 2013, for the Second DCA. September 27, 2013, for the [...]

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