Judge Sherman signs orders electronically only — no hard or emailed copies — with a cover letter confirming all parties reviewed, a 3×3-inch upper-right space, and one-inch margins.
Florida > Fifteenth Judicial Circuit > Palm Beach County > Civil Division AK (Judge James Sherman)
"all orders shall be signed electronically by the court. Division AK does not accept hard copies/emailed copies" / "include a cover letter (as a supporting document) stating that all parties have reviewed the Order" / "a 3 x 3 inch available space in the right upper hand corner; one inch margin on all sides of documents"
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 | Superseded in practice by fl15-div-ak-instructions (composed 2026-08-03 from the current page after the July rotation). [MEDIUM CONFIRMED 2026-08-03: source re-fetched live — paraphrase-class; 3/3 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the live page, sha256 c709db9ea1aebeb9468348f5a2422518659c297b137bc08f8ded8398b2e2b84a; the prior summary-class text is superseded.]
16 verbatim courtroom requirements published by Judge Melanie Chase.
13 verbatim practice requirements published by John Miller.
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