UFC AO 25-20 — one family / one judge + notice of related cases
Official rule; awaiting reverification against the current source text. Verify with the clerk, judicial assistant, or official court website before relying on it.
Summary
AO 25-20 reaffirms the Unified Family Court plan: one family/one judge protocol for related family, DV, dependency, and delinquency matters; requires filing notices of related cases; UFC judges cross-trained.
Requirement
11th Cir. Unified Family Court — Administrative Order 25-20 (per official UFC division page, July 2026 read): reaffirms the UFC "one family, one judge" plan, sets the operational protocol for related cases across family, domestic violence, juvenile dependency, and delinquency matters, implements the notice-of-related-cases process, and provides for cross-training of UFC judges. Weekday UFC first-appearance proceedings are conducted at the Miami-Dade Children's Courthouse courtroom 2-1; contact UFC chambers directly if Zoom information is not listed. ARTIFACT PENDING: AO 25-20 PDF not yet retrievable (site maintenance; not archived).
Source of truth
reaffirms the UFC plan — one family, one judge; notice of related cases required
- Official source
- 11th Cir. Unified Family Court 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. Unified Family Court division page returned HTTP 404.
- July 6, 2026Monitor: 11th Cir. Unified Family Court division page returned HTTP 404.
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