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Fla. Stat. § 43.30 (2025)

Divisions of court.

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43.30 Divisions of court.All courts except the Supreme Court may sit in divisions as may be established by local rule approved by the Supreme Court.
History.s. 25, ch. 72-404.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 1991–2015 · leading case: In Re Report of Com'n on Fam. Courts, 646 So. 2d 178 (Fla. 1994).
In Re Report of Com'n on Fam. Courts, 646 So. 2d 178 (Fla. 1994). · cites it 5× “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). Under somewhat similar…”
Physicians Healthcare Plans, Inc. v. Pfeifler, 846 So. 2d 1129 (Fla. 2003). · cites it 4× “; § 43.30, Fla. Stat. (2001). Under the provisions of rule 2.”
Hartley v. State, 650 So. 2d 1044 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995). · cites it 4× “" 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 Re Report of Comm'n on Fam. Cts., 588 So. 2d 586 (Fla. 1991). · cites it 2× “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…”
Willie v. State, 600 So. 2d 479 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992). · cites it 2× “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.”
Malave v. Malave, 178 So. 3d 51 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015). · cites it 2× “; § 43.30, Fla. Stat. (2015); Williams v. State, 737 So.”
Baskerville v. State, 606 So. 2d 509 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992). · cites it 2× “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). We agree…”
Garcia v. Rivkind, 639 So. 2d 177 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994). · cites it 2× “The orders in question purported to establish a domestic violence “department” of the Criminal Division of the Dade County Court, to which the petitioners’ cases are assigned, and the Family Division of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit. It is obvious that, however denominated, they…”
In re Assignment of Cases to Court Divisions, 695 So. 2d 711 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “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…”
In Re Court Divisions, 648 So. 2d 761 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994). · cites it 2× “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.”
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