Special-Set Hard Copies Due TEN Business Days Ahead — Division AN — Palm Beach County, FL · BenchPath

Special-Set Hard Copies Due TEN Business Days Ahead — Division AN

Medium — verify before relying· verified July 5, 2026Courtesy Copies15th Jud. Cir., Civil Division AN Divisional Instructions

Official rule; awaiting reverification against the current source text. Verify with the clerk, judicial assistant, or official court website before relying on it.

Summary

Judge Kerner demands hard copies of ALL special-set materials — motions, responses, replies, briefs, case law — in the JA's hands at least 10 BUSINESS days before the hearing; the longest lead time in the courthouse.

Applies to

Florida > Fifteenth Judicial Circuit > Palm Beach County > Civil Division AN (Judge Scott Ryan Kerner)

Source of truth

"HARDCOPIES OF ALL motions, responses, replies, briefs, memoranda and case law or other legal authority for special set hearings MUST be provided to the Judge's Judicial Assistant, at least TEN (10) BUSINESS DAYS prior to the scheduled special set hearing."

Official source: 15th Cir. — Division AN Instructions (Judge Kerner)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 24, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: July 5, 2026Live fetch of official division page — 2026-07-05

Reviewer note: Verified against the live official page on 2026-07-05. 30-day recheck scheduled. Confidence set to medium 2026-09-08 (H3 re-verification): the live official document no longer carries this text verbatim — see the open change_detected task on its source. The official page changed after this rule's verification: on 2026-10-13 the recorded source passage no longer appeared on https://www.15thcircuit.com/division/an/instructions (automated verbatim check, window match 0%). Confidence lowered to medium until the rule is re-read against the current text.

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Change history

August 6, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division AN Instructions (Judge Kerner). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 5, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division AN Instructions (Judge Kerner). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 4, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division AN Instructions (Judge Kerner). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 2, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division AN Instructions (Judge Kerner). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 1, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division AN Instructions (Judge Kerner). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 31, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division AN Instructions (Judge Kerner). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 30, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division AN Instructions (Judge Kerner). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 29, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division AN Instructions (Judge Kerner). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 28, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division AN Instructions (Judge Kerner). Review before republishing dependent rules.

Broward Division 82/WC (LAUREN N. PEFFER) — Courtesy copies

1 verbatim requirement on courtesy copies in LAUREN N. PEFFER's division.

High confidence· verified September 9, 202617th Jud. Cir., Division 82/WC divisional procedures — captured and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24

Courtesy CopiesDuval County · Circuit Civil Division CV-F · Judge James H. Daniel

No Courtesy Copies Required — Division CV-F

Judge Daniel is the courthouse outlier who wants NO courtesy copies of pleadings or case law sent to chambers — a sharp contrast with neighboring divisions.

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