2. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT THE SAME PROPOSED ORDER THROUGH THE EPORTAL AND BY EMAIL — sending it both ways may cause duplicate entry of an order.
3. Service list should contain appropriate email addresses for all parties to be copied.
4. A consented or agreed to order should have in the caption “Consent” or “Agreed”, or it should have both or all parties’ signatures.
5. A cover letter indicating what the Order is for... i.e. hearing (including the hearing date), consent order, etc. and if it is consented to or if opposing party objects, and all parties are copied with same. The cover letter, copy of motion and order should be submitted through the e-portal. (Order only should be in Word format). See instructions below.
6. Exceptions to submitting proposed orders through the e-portal:
If the Judge instructs council to submit order via email (in Word format), any complex Final Judgements following a hearing, or orders where counsel are not in agreement with the proposed order (competing proposed orders).
Orders submitted through the e-portal should contain: DDDD, JJJJ and CCCC
Orders submitted via email need to include place for the date to be inserted, year and line for the Judge’s signature. (… this ___ day of month, 2024.)
The word “Proposed” should NOT be in the title of the order.
Procedures for Submitting a Proposed Order for Division CV-A
*** PLEASE be sure you are using one of the Proposed Order templates found on our website at https://www.jud4.org/Proposed-Orders-EFiling.aspx. Save these templates to your own PC and re-use them for all Proposed Orders you submit in Duval County. Any Proposed Order received that does not include one of our templates will be subject to rejection by the Court. ***
2. A Cover Letter is also REQUIRED. Please submit a .pdf page as your Cover Letter with any details that would normally be given to the Judge/JA via email for the Proposed Order (Ex: Stipulation agreed upon by both attorney’s). This Cover Letter will be uploaded to the portal as a separate document from your Proposed Order.
3. The corresponding Motion MUST be filed along with the Proposed Order and Cover Letter. This Motion must be attached behind the Cover Letter as a combined single document before being uploaded to the E-Portal.
4. Proposed Orders in Duval County MUST include DJMCA formatting.
b. The codes MUST be in all CAPITAL LETTERS.
c. You must add ONLY 4 letters for each field.
d. These codes MUST ONLY be used once per line. Two codes per line will not work.
DJMCA Codes in Pairs:
| DDDD | Judge Signature Date |
| JJJJ | Judge Signature |
| RRRR | Reported and Recommended Date |
| GGGG | General Magistrate or Hearing Officer Signature |
| CCCC | Service list (pulls from the E-Portal service list) |
