Courtesy Copies Printed and Sent by U.S. Mail — Division FA — Palm Beach County, FL · BenchPath

Courtesy Copies Printed and Sent by U.S. Mail — Division FA

High confidence· verified September 9, 2026Courtesy Copies15th Jud. Cir., Family Division FA Divisional Instructions

Summary

Judge Leitner is the family lane's paper judge: courtesy copies of UMC and special-set motions, memoranda, and case authority are PRINTED and sent via U.S. Mail.

Applies to

Florida > Fifteenth Judicial Circuit > Palm Beach County > Family Division FA (Judge Dane Leitner)

Source of truth

"Courtesy copies of motions for UMC, special set hearings, memorandums, and case authority shall be printed and sent via US Mail" / "Proposed Final Judgments and/or Orders should be submitted via the OLS (Online Scheduling), in Word format"

Official source: 15th Cir. — Division FA Instructions (Judge Leitner)
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 | Superseded in practice by fl15-div-fa-instructions (composed 2026-08-03 from the current page after the July rotation).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 2fa08ec428045a6f045760475b656814eca30acbf516fe0e9ed2f0154cf53f44); all 2 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the live page, sha256 320c85a3dcc79a7e8bc77b6a3092633c26b78faeb36ec26fbf320db2ec20cd0e; the prior summary-class text is superseded.] Verbatim from the division's live instruction page (https://www.15thcircuit.com/division/fa/instructions), harvested 2026-08-04; each bullet is quoted whole from the page, whitespace normalised only. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]

Modification (Family)Equitable Distribution Temporary Relief (Family)Paternity Relocation Alimony / Spousal Support Name Change Domestic Violence Injunction Dating / Sexual Violence Injunction Simplified Dissolution Dissolution of Marriage Parenting Plans & Time-Sharing Repeat Violence Injunction Adoption Child Support

Change history

August 5, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division FA Instructions (Judge Leitner). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 4, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division FA Instructions (Judge Leitner). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 3, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division FA Instructions (Judge Leitner). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 2, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division FA Instructions (Judge Leitner). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 1, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division FA Instructions (Judge Leitner). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 31, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division FA Instructions (Judge Leitner). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 29, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division FA Instructions (Judge Leitner). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 28, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division FA Instructions (Judge Leitner). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 27, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division FA Instructions (Judge Leitner). 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.

Medium — verify before relying