Assignment
Indian River: All Juvenile Dependency and Delinquency Cases, including Detention and Shelter Hearings; All CINS/FINS Cases; Oversee Truancy court; All Probate and Guardianship Cases; All substance abuse and mental health court cases (i.e., Baker and Marchman Act cases); All Risk Protection Order Cases; All Jimmy Ryce Cases; Member of the Indian River County Children’s Services Council; Responsible for all post-conviction relief motions/hearings; Okeechobee County Early Childhood Court cases.
Additional Information
Attorneys may schedule Special Set Motions (1 hour or under) using the online scheduling program. Parties will be restricted to the time they allotted for the hearing. The calendar will indicate when the FAMILY or CIVIL UMC and Special Set Motion hearings are to be scheduled. The website is https://slccjis.stlucieco.gov/attorney_calendar.
Users must register to obtain a user id and password on the site. Copies of motions and notice of hearings must be sent to the Judicial Assistant. The Court reserves the discretion to reject any scheduling. Attorneys who repeatedly abuse the online scheduling may be denied further privileges of self-scheduling. Non-evidentiary motions may be denied without hearing, e.g., motions to dismiss. Please review Judge White’s procedures posted on here as well.
Longer hearings must be set with the Judicial Assistant after sending a copy to the Judicial Assistant. Attorneys should consult the Judge’s on-line calendar (link below) and confer with opposing counsel on mutually convenient dates before calling the J.A.
IF YOU SCHEDULE A CASE FOR A SPECIAL SET HEARING AND THAT HEARING IS CANCELED, A NOTICE OF CANCELLATION MUST BE FILED (AND A COPY EMAILED TO JUDGE WHITE'S JUDICIAL ASSISTANT: [email protected]. AND THE HEARING CANCELED ON THE ONLINE SCHEDULING CALENDAR. IF A LAST MINUTE CANCELLATION IS BEING MADE, YOU MUST CONTACT JUDGE WHITE’S JUDICIAL ASSISTANT IMMEDIATELY.