IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

IN AND FOR PASCO AND PINELLAS COUNTIES, FLORIDA

                                                                                                         

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2008-083 PI-CIR

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RE:     AFTER HOURS PROCEDURES FOR DATING, DOMESTIC, REPEAT, AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE INJUNCTIONS IN PINELLAS COUNTY

 

Due to continuing budget constraints, the regular hours for obtaining a dating, domestic, repeat, or sexual violence injunction in Pinellas County must be modified.  When litigants arrive at the Courthouse after 4:00 p.m. seeking an injunction, it usually results in overtime expenditures for the Clerk of the Circuit Court, the Sheriff of Pinellas County, and increases operating costs for the county, because staff and the judge must remain after 5:00 p.m.  After consulting with the Clerk, the Sheriff, domestic violence advocates, and other stakeholders, it was agreed that the best way to address this budgetary concern was to utilize the after hours procedures beginning at 4:00 p.m. on regular work days. 

 

Accordingly,

 

IT IS ORDERED: 

           

            1.         Effective January 1, 2009, for purposes of implementing the after hours procedures for dating, domestic, repeat, and sexual violence injunctions in Pinellas County, after hours means after 4:00 p.m. or before 8:00 a.m. on a regular work day, or at anytime during a holiday or weekend day. 

 

            2.         Anyone appearing at a Pinellas County Clerk’s office seeking an injunction after 4:00 p.m. on a regular work day should be informed of the procedures to seek an injunction after hours as provided for in Administrative Order 2007-33 PA/PI-CIR.  The petitioner shall also be advised that the petition can be processed the following business day.

 

            All other terms and conditions of Administrative Order 2007-33 PA/PI-CIR remain in full force and effect.

 

DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, this
_____ day of December 2008.

 

                                                                                    ___________________________

                                                                                    Robert J. Morris, Jr., Chief Judge

 

cc:        All Judges

            The Honorable Bernie McCabe, State Attorney

            The Honorable Bob Dillinger, Public Defender

            The Honorable Ken Burke, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Pinellas County

            The Honorable Jim Coats, Sheriff, Pinellas County

            Jackson Flyte, Regional Counsel

            Carol Heath, Executive Director, Pinellas County Clerk’s Office

            Gay L. Inskeep, Trial Courts Administrator

            CASA

            The Haven

            Bar Associations, Pasco and Pinellas Counties

            Law Libraries, Pasco and Pinellas Counties