Miami-Dade County
CCJ/COSCA FAMILY JUSTICE INITIATIVE
Demonstration Site Report:
Miami-Dade County
MIAMI-DADE DEMONSTRATION SITE REPORT
Alicia Davis, J.D.
Teri Deal, M.Ed.
Lydia Hamblin, Ph.D.
Paula Hannaford-Agor, J.D.
Miguel Trujillo MPP
The Family Justice Initiative (FJI) is
guiding courts toward improved
outcomes for families, while
managing costs, controlling delays
and facilitating healthy outcomes.
FJI is a partnership of the National
Center for State Courts (NCSC), the
Institute for the Advancement of the
American Legal System (IAALS), and
the National Council of Juvenile and
Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ). It is
overseen by the Conference of Chief
Justices (CCJ) and Conference of State
Court Administrators (COSCA) and
supported with a grant from the
State Justice Initiative (SJI).
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Table of Contents
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................1
Background ....................................................................................................................................................................3
Methods and Data .........................................................................................................................................................4
Landscape Data..............................................................................................................................................................4
Site Visit .........................................................................................................................................................................8
Key Players .....................................................................................................................................................................8
Process map (statues, court rules, business practices) ...............................................................................................10
Alignment with FJI Principles and Recommendations .................................................................................................12
Adopt a Problem-Solving Approach (Principles 1-4)....................................................................................................12
Triage Family Cases (Principles 5-8).............................................................................................................................14
Training and Stakeholder Relationships (Principles 9-10) ...........................................................................................16
Data Collection, Evaluation, and Technology Innovations (Principles 11-13) ............................................................16
Miami-Dade County COVID-19
Response
Updated September 30, 2020
The Family Justice Initiative (FJI) worked with the Family Division of the 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida
(Miami-Dade County), due to their established commitment to innovative responses for handling family
cases. Prior to participating as one of the FJI demonstration sites, the Court already engaged in practices
espoused by the FJI Principles for Family Justice Reform.
For example, through the leadership of Judge Scott Bernstein and court administrator Eugene Carral, the
Court had already started implementation of a soft pilot of triage through case management ¡°pods.¡± The
Court also had an expedited dissolution process with the option for a final divorce decree to be issued by
mail without appearance for the parties before a judge under limited circumstances. The Court already
counted with a robust array of tools for problem-solving in family cases, such as an in-house mediation
unit, a well-developed Family Court Services Unit, and a Self-Help Center that provides excellent quality
legal information to parties in multiple languages.
Along with other jurisdictions across the nation, the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida was hard hit by the
COVID-19 global pandemic, and the Family Division faced major reductions in court operations, limited inperson appearances, and social distancing guidelines. The Court¡¯s committed leaders mobilized to develop
solutions to the new challenges, thus continuing services to court users almost with almost zero
disruption.
The COVID-19 disruption has forced the Court to rethink the way they use their online case
management systems, to assist with tasks that were not done electronically prior to the pandemic. The
Court also had to find ways to connect with the public in creative ways, as described below.
courtMAP
Prior to the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Court used courtMAP, an online management system
that provides scheduling, automatic hearing notifications/reminders, and allows judges to create and send
orders electronically. courtMAP enables parties to self-schedule case events and send in documentation.
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