Domestic Violence — hearing format is notice-driven (Zoom or in person)
Official rule; awaiting reverification against the current source text. Verify with the clerk, judicial assistant, or official court website before relying on it.
Summary
DV litigants must review each notice carefully: some hearings are via Zoom, others in person. Zoom info comes from the assigned judge's office; DV case-management unit: (305) 349-5556. Weekday DV bond hearings (11:00 AM): contact Judge Kelly or Judge Cannava for Zoom info.
Requirement
11th Cir. Domestic Violence Division practice (per official division page + Virtual Courtroom Directory, July 2026 read): • Some DV hearings are conducted via Zoom and some in person — the notice of hearing controls; review it carefully. • If Zoom information is needed, contact the assigned judge's office directly; the DV case-management unit can be reached at (305) 349-5556. • Weekday DV bond proceedings at 11:00 a.m.: parties are directed to contact Judge Carroll J. Kelly or Judge Donald "DJ" Cannava's chambers for Zoom information. • Vacant DV sections 52 and 55 (Lawson E. Thomas) route through the docket-management unit at (305) 349-5556 per the 7/1/2026 directory.
Source of truth
some hearings are via Zoom while others are in person; contact the assigned judge's office for Zoom information
- Official source
- 11th Cir. Domestic Violence division page
- Source health
- Broken · checked July 7, 2026
- Effective date
- —
- Last verified
- July 6, 2026ChatGPT 5.5 researcher read (July 5, 2026, pre-outage); Fable 5 could not independently fetch (site maintenance + archive content panes empty) — medium per live-data doctrine
Reviewer note: Verify against live page when jud11.flcourts.org returns from maintenance
Change history
- July 7, 2026Monitor: 11th Cir. Domestic Violence division page returned HTTP 404.
- July 6, 2026Monitor: 11th Cir. Domestic Violence division page returned HTTP 404.
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