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Judge Palermo bars hybrid hearings outright: the courtroom is not equipped for them, so everyone is on Zoom or everyone is in the courtroom, absent a specific advance order.
Florida > Thirteenth Judicial Circuit > Hillsborough County > Circuit Civil Division B (Judge Thomas N. Palermo)
"The courtroom is not equipped to conduct hybrid hearings... Therefore, no hybrid hearings are permitted, absent a specific court order entered well in advance of the hearing." / "All evidentiary matters, Pretrial Conferences, Jury Trials/Non-Jury Trials, and hearings exceeding 30 minutes are held in person."
Reviewer note: Cross-model verified (accordion + PDF veins) 2026-07-05. 30-day recheck scheduled. | 2026-08-03: the source (rendered DOM (headless Chromium)) no longer contains this rule's quoted text; dropped to medium pending re-composition against the current version. [RECOMPOSED VERBATIM 2026-08-04 (campaign wave, partially-anchored): 1 bullet(s) quoted whole from the live page, sha256 268b05f0ad3eb567f3acf3f7f1d50608b80b23d9b2d59c88dd7069b591cd86d3; the prior summary-class text is superseded.]
1 verbatim requirement published by Palm Beach Division FC on remote appearance policy.
Judge Hooi does not usually allow hybrid hearings (one side in person, one virtual); if both sides prefer, everyone may appear in person instead; emergencies route through the clerk to a judge-entered handling order.
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