Orders in Word, No Tables/Macros, State Agree-or-Object… — Palm Beach County, FL · BenchPath

Orders in Word, No Tables/Macros, State Agree-or-Object — Division AN

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

Summary

Judge Kerner: orders in Microsoft Word without tables or macros; the drafter must state whether the other side agrees or objects; post-hearing orders state the hearing date; full service addresses on every order.

Applies to

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

Source of truth

"Please submit your orders in Microsoft Word format. It is preferred that you DO NOT use tables or macros." / "Upon submission, the drafting attorney/party should state whether the opposing attorney/party agrees or objects." / "All orders must include the complete mailing address and email address of all parties for service."

Official source: 15th Cir. — Division AN Instructions (Judge Kerner)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 24, 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 | Superseded in practice by fl15-div-an-instructions (composed 2026-08-03 from the current page after the July rotation). [MEDIUM CONFIRMED 2026-08-03 (paraphrase-class): source re-fetched live (sha256 7057d5f0dd6b864bc7fba546b8f88645b114ca79cad717ce18f783f506835ca9); all 3 quoted source fragment(s) verified live. Text remains a summary — verbatim recomposition queued.] [RECOMPOSED VERBATIM 2026-08-04 (campaign wave, fully-anchored): 2 bullet(s) quoted whole from the live page, sha256 d49c64cf429755264686fcfcdc384c4ff4178d00661108f18be3d6f6dee9bd1a; the prior summary-class text is superseded.] Verbatim from the division's live instruction page (https://www.15thcircuit.com/division/an/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 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.