Florida Statute 26.56 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH

Chapter 26
CIRCUIT COURTS

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F.S. 26.56

26.56 Residual jurisdiction for abolished courts.—

(1) If any court is abolished and a proceeding had in it is not transferred to another court, the circuit court for the county where the court formerly existed shall have jurisdiction over any further proceedings in the same manner as though the proceeding had been originally pending in the circuit court.

(2) Additional proceedings in the circuit court shall be commenced by filing the appropriate motion, pleading, or paper that would have been filed in the abolished court. The circuit court may require the custodian of the records of the abolished court to make the records of any proceedings available to the circuit court. The clerk of the circuit court shall charge no additional filing fee for proceedings under this section.

(3) This section shall apply to all courts that have heretofore been abolished and to all courts that may hereafter be abolished under the circumstances prescribed in this section.

History.—s. 1, ch. 71-7.

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Adelman v. Boy Scouts of America

276 F.R.D. 681, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 92810, 2011 WL 3648573

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Aug 19, 2011 | Docket: 66045785

Cited 7 times | Published

Ct. 2380 (citing 4. J. Moore, Federal Practice § 26.56[1], p. 26-131 n. 34 (2d ed. 1976)). United States

F. Hoffmann LaRoche & Co. v. Felix

512 So. 2d 997, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 2037

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 18, 1987 | Docket: 473583

Cited 1 times | Published

Lucas & G. Grotheer, Moore's Federal Practice § 26.56[6] n. 2 (1986); Note, The Use Of Discovery To Obtain