Family Division — motion filing + courtMAP scheduling
Official rule; awaiting reverification against the current source text. Verify with the clerk, judicial assistant, or official court website before relying on it.
Summary
Family motions are filed with the Family Division Clerk or e-filed, then scheduled through courtMAP seven days before the motion-calendar date; transfer calendars twice monthly on Tuesdays at 11:30 AM, courtroom 28C (Lawson E. Thomas).
Requirement
11th Cir. Family Division practice (per official division page, July 2026 read): • Motions should be filed with the Family Division Clerk or through the e-filing portal and scheduled through courtMAP seven (7) days prior to the motion calendar date. • Transfer calendars occur twice monthly on Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m. in courtroom 28C, Lawson E. Thomas Courthouse Center. • Self-represented family litigants (per Family pro se local rule): must use the 11th Circuit forms packet, register with the Family Court Self-Help Program, have pleadings reviewed as to form, and obtain final-hearing dates from Self-Help unless waived for good cause.
Source of truth
scheduled through courtMAP seven days prior to the motion calendar date
- Official source
- 11th Cir. Family 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. Family division page returned HTTP 404.
- July 6, 2026Monitor: 11th Cir. Family division page returned HTTP 404.
Related rules
Mandatory Disclosure in Family Cases — Fla. Fam. L. R. P. 12.285
Parties in dissolution and most family financial cases must exchange a financial affidavit and specified financial documents within 45 days of service of the initial pleading, file a certificate of compliance, and supplement as circumstances change.
Small Claims Pretrial Conference: Appearance Mandatory — Fla. Sm. Cl. R. 7.090
Small claims cases (up to $8,000) begin with a mandatory pretrial conference where the court narrows issues and typically orders mediation. Failure to appear can result in default or dismissal.
150-Day Case Management Conference & Trial Setting — Division CV-E
CV-E runs a structured 150-day case management conference track with published CMO templates for jury, non-jury, and complex settings, plus a projected-vs-actual trial period system and 2026–2027 published trial calendars.
Family Final-Judgment Package Due 24 Hours Before Hearing — Division FZ
For dissolution/paternity finals before Judge Delgado: child-support calculations, parenting plan, parenting-class certificates, MSA, and testimony sheets must all be attached no more than 24 hours before the hearing.