13th Judicial Circuit - Local Rule 6

6. Assignment of Judges, Cases and Transfer of Cases

There shall be a centralized assignment procedure for all cases filed in the circuit. The presiding judge of the circuit shall have the authority to assign judges to hear such cases or classes of cases as the presiding judge may determine, and to assign judges to dockets, except as otherwise provided by law. However upon the filing of a circuit civil case, the same shall be assigned evenly and randomly among the circuit court judges, unless otherwise directed by the presiding judge. Any case or class of case filed prior to the effective date of this rule and not heretofore assigned, shall be assigned by the presiding judge evenly and randomly.