No Final Hearing Without Mediation in the Past 6 Months — Family D
Summary
Judge Ayers will not schedule a final hearing or trial unless mediation occurred within the past six months (or new counsel appeared since) — and the Order Setting Final Hearing must hit JAWS 15 days before the date.
Applies to
Florida > Thirteenth Judicial Circuit > Hillsborough County > Family Division D (Judge Kelly A. Ayers)
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"THE COURT WILL NOT SCHEDULE A FINAL HEARING OR TRIAL UNLESS MEDIATION HAS TAKEN PLACE WITHIN THE PAST 6 MONTHS OR NEW COUNSEL HAS BEEN OBTAINED SINCE THE LAST MEDIATION." / "an Order Setting Final Hearing/Trial must be uploaded to JAWS for execution 15 days prior to the hearing/trial." / "All contested matters involving timesharing and all matters scheduled for more than 30 minutes will be in-person"
- Official source
- 13th Cir. — Judge Ayers (Fam D) Procedures & Preferences
- Source health
- Healthy · checked July 7, 2026
- Effective date
- —
- Last verified
- July 5, 2026Live fetch 2026-07-05; dual-researcher dossier, Fable 5 hash-verified
Reviewer note: Cross-model verified 2026-07-05. Note: her page also contains a stray felony bond-motion paragraph (page-integrity error, not ingested). 30-day recheck.
Change history
- July 7, 2026Monitor: content changed at 13th Cir. — Judge Ayers (Fam D) Procedures & Preferences. Review before republishing dependent rules.
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