For Immediate Release March 13, 2020 PLEASE NOTE, THIS INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO UPDATES AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. Fort Lauderdale, FL – All jury duty service in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court is suspended for the next two weeks, March 16 – March 20, 2020 and March 23 – 27, 2020. All other Court operations are [...]

Citizens of Palm Beach County: The Chief Judge and Judges of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit are concerned about your health and safety. The Circuit has taken steps to help ensure that the courts can continue to operate safely including asking the County to implement more frequent cleaning at all "high contact" surfaces in the courthouses. [...]

ADVISORY Please be advised that we are in the process of evaluating the issues with Covid-19- Coronavirus and its affect with the Court System.  As a precautionary measure, and possible effects of the Covid-19 (Coranvirus); all Foreclosure and Tax Deed sales scheduled for the week of March 16, 2020, March 23, 2020 and March 30, 2020, are cancelled.  Please [...]

COVID-19 Court Operations Update Thursday, March 12, 2020 The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Florida continues to monitor the national response to the respiratory illness caused by the novel Coronavirus Disease known as COVID- 19. At this time, physical access to all courthouses within the Northern District of Florida is limited [...]

No. AOSC20-13 IN RE: COVID-19 EMERGENCY PROCEDURES IN THE FLORIDA STATE COURTS ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER WHEREAS the World Health Organization (WHO), the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Florida State Emergency Operations Center have devised systems to detect and monitor the outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), a severe acute respiratory [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3/13/2020 Craig Waters Public Information Office Florida Supreme Court (850) 414-7641 watersc@flcourts.org Florida’s Chief Justice suspends most face-to-face legal proceedings due to COVID-19 TALLAHASSEE – Due to COVID-19, most face-to-face legal proceedings in the state courts will be suspended for a minimum of two weeks under a statewide order issued Friday by [...]

The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida continues to closely monitor the national and local response to the Coronavirus virus (COVID-19) with respect to public health concerns. We will be following guidance provided by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), [...]