Never Submit Proposed Orders in Advance — Division AD — Palm Beach County, FL · BenchPath

Never Submit Proposed Orders in Advance — Division AD

High confidence· verified September 9, 2026Proposed Orders15th Jud. Cir., Civil Division AD Divisional Instructions

Summary

Judge Goodman rejects proposed orders submitted before the hearing — they "will be rejected unsigned." Orders go in 48–72 hours AFTER the hearing, Word format, complete mailing and email addresses.

Applies to

Florida > Fifteenth Judicial Circuit > Palm Beach County > Civil Division AD (Judge Jaimie Goodman)

Source of truth

"Do not submit in advance—will be rejected unsigned. Submit within 48-72 hours after hearing via Online Services."

Official source: 15th Cir. — Division AD Instructions (Judge Goodman)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 25, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: September 9, 2026benchpath-reverify-2026-09-08 (live text containment) | prior: benchpath-cw-2026-08-04

Reviewer note: Verified against the live official page on 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. | Superseded in practice by fl15-div-ad-instructions (composed 2026-08-03 from the current page after the July rotation). [MEDIUM CONFIRMED 2026-08-03: source re-fetched live — paraphrase-class; 1/1 quoted fragment(s) no longer live; consistent with division-instruction updates. Verbatim recomposition queued (m15-flags.json).] [RECOMPOSED VERBATIM 2026-08-04 (campaign wave, topical (July quotes no longer live)): 3 bullet(s) quoted whole from the live page, sha256 4acef6be751f4480e320f906add0fe10ac530067ba1324d037fd497f5bc8691f; the prior summary-class text is superseded.] Verbatim from the division's live instruction page (https://www.15thcircuit.com/division/ad/instructions), harvested 2026-08-04; each bullet is quoted whole from the page, whitespace normalised only. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]

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Change history

August 6, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division AD Instructions (Judge Goodman). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 5, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division AD Instructions (Judge Goodman). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 3, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division AD Instructions (Judge Goodman). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 2, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division AD Instructions (Judge Goodman). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 1, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division AD Instructions (Judge Goodman). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 31, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division AD Instructions (Judge Goodman). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 30, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division AD Instructions (Judge Goodman). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 29, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division AD Instructions (Judge Goodman). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 28, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division AD Instructions (Judge Goodman). Review before republishing dependent rules.