Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...ed for a family division pursuant to article III, section 7, of the Florida Constitution. This Court has jurisdiction to establish a family division in accordance with the provisions of article V, section 20(c)(10), of the Florida Constitution, (now section 43.30, Florida Statutes (1989)); article V, section 2, of the Florida Constitution; and the policy decision made by the legislature in chapter 90-273, Laws of Florida, directing the development of specific guidelines for the implementation of a family law division within each judicial circuit....

...v. Rivkind, 639 So.2d 177 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994). In Garcia, the district court determined that the Eleventh Circuit had unconstitutionally created a new domestic violence "division" in violation of article V, section 7, of the Florida Constitution, and section 43.30, Florida Statutes (1993)....

...er establishing a similar domestic violence department. See Sapp v. Ross, No. 94-2839 (Fla. 4th DCA Oct. 7, 1994). Article V, section 7, provides that "[a]ll courts except the supreme court may sit in divisions as may be established by general law." Section 43.30 states that "[a]ll courts except the supreme court may sit in divisions as may be established by local rule approved by the supreme court." In quashing the administrative orders, the district court held in Garcia that the Eleventh Circu...

...its as to whether the family law divisions were properly established and whether new local rules are required to address the legislature's criminalization of domestic violence injunction violations. In this opinion, we address these issues. Clearly, section 43.30 requires that divisions of Florida courts are to be established through local rules approved by this Court. We find, however, that the legislature effectively preempted section 43.30 and the local rule requirement as to family law divisions by establishing a policy in chapter 90-273 that family law divisions were to be created in Florida and by directing this Court in that chapter to ensure that "family law division...

...vision had been created in violation of law. His argument can be summarized as follows: Article V, Section 7, of the Florida Constitution, states that "[a]ll courts except the supreme court may sit in divisions as may be established by general law." Section 43.30, Florida Statutes (1989), stated that "[a]ll courts except the Supreme Court may sit in divisions as may be established by local rule approved by the Supreme Court." The Career Criminal Division was created by an administrative order is...

...udiciary. Article V, section 7 of the Florida Constitution provides in pertinent part that "[a]ll courts except the supreme court may sit in divisions as may be established by general law." Both article V, section 20(c)(10), Florida Constitution and section 43.30, Florida Statutes (1991), provide that "[a]ll courts except the supreme court may sit in divisions as may be established by local rule approved by the supreme court." In accordance with these clear prescriptions, the Supreme Court of Fl...

...rcuit court by administrative order. In so ruling, the court stated: It is obvious that, however denominated, they created a specialized subject matter-related division of the trial courts which, under article V, section 7, Florida Constitution, and section 43.30, Florida Statutes, may be accomplished only by local rule, duly approved by the supreme court in accordance with Florida Rules of Judicial Administration 2.050(e)(1)....

...Unlike local rules, administrative orders generally do not have to be approved by this Court. As explained in In re Report of Commission on Family Courts, 646 So.2d 178, 181 (Fla. 1994), divisions of Florida courts are to be established through local rules approved by this Court. See also art. V, § 7, Fla. Const.; § 43.30, Fla....

...to the trial court. See Wild. Accordingly, we decline to address these challenges. [3] Article V, section 7 of the Florida Constitution provides that "[a]ll courts except the supreme court may sit in divisions as may be established by general law." Section 43.30, Florida Statutes (2001), provides that divisions may be created by a local rule which is approved by this Court....

...2 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007)); Weaver v. Hotchkiss, 9 72 So.2d 1060 , 1062 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008). Courts have long recognized the importance,of assigning cases to the correct divisions of the circuit court. See, e.g., Art. V, §§ 7, 20(c)(10), Fla. Const.; § 43.30, Fla....

648 So.2d 761 (1994) In re COURT DIVISIONS. Adm. Order 94-2. District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District. October 3, 1994. ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER BY ORDER OF THE COURT: Pursuant to section 43.30, Florida Statutes (1993), and the affirmative vote of a majority of the judges of the court, the following rule is adopted to create two autonomous divisions of the court....

...ted plea agreement. Appellant first argues that the special court for habitual offenders violates the separation of powers doctrine of Article II, Section 3 of the Florida Constitution, or Article V, Section 7 of the Florida Constitution, as well as section 43.30, Florida Statutes (1991)....

article V, section 7, Florida Constitution, and section 43.30, Florida Statutes, may be accomplished only

BY ORDER OF THE COURT: Pursuant to Section 43.30, Florida Statutes, and the affirmative vote of a majority of the judges of this court on August 22, 1995, and October 30, 1995, Administrative Order 94-2, dated October 3, 1994, as amended by Administrative Order 95-1, dated June 20, 19...

under arrest for violation of Miami City Code Section 43-30, which provides: “It shall be unlawful for any