Civil Cases

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  • Preparing to Testify (Video)

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  • Landlord Refuses to Return Security Deposit (Infographic)

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  • Rule 1.060 Transfers of Action

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  • Rule 1.020 Privacy and Court Records

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  • Rule 1.150 Sham Pleadings

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  • Difference between a Note and a Mortgage (Video)

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  • Rule 1.160 Motions to the Clerk

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  • I Want to Sue Someone. What Do I Do First? (Infographic)

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  • Rule 1.090 Time

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  • Rule 12.271 Confidentiality of Related Family Hearings

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    Don't worry. You can actually be invited to this o...

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  • Recusal of a Judge (Video)

    There goes the Judge!

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  • Rule 1.100 Pleadings and Motions

    Two fundamental court actions

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    “Hearsay objection? Get your verbal act together!”

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  • Rule 12.150 Sham Pleadings

    Calling B.S. on a B.S.-er

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  • Rule 12.040 Attorneys

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  • Tenant Rights (Video)

    Seize justice, renters of the world!

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  • Entering Court (Video)

    It's a little more than walking through a front do...

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  • E-filing and E-service in Florida (Video)

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  • Discovery (Video)

    Your opportunity to game plan for the case ahead

  • Rule 1.351 Production of Documents and Things Without Deposition

    For getting something from someone outside the cas...

  • Default Judgment (Video)

    Don't show up to court? This is what happens

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  • Legalese (Infographic)

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  • Rule 1.350 Requests for Production

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  • Rule 12.120 Pleading Special Matters

    For when extraordinary circumstances strike.

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  • Rule 1.130 Attaching Cause of Action and Exhibits

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  • Oral Arguments (Video)

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  • Interrogatories (Video)

    Not every question in a case is asked on the witne...

  • Rule 12.420 Dismissal of Actions

    How to get stuff dropped in Family Court

  • Rule 1.370 Requests for Admission

    Getting your courtroom foe to confirm or deny fact...

  • Standing (Video)

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