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Skip Pre-Trial Mediation and the Case Is Stricken From the Trial Docket — Division FC

Medium — verify before relying· verified July 5, 2026Mediation15th Jud. Cir., Family Division FC Divisional Procedures

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 Miller mandates pre-trial mediation after every Order Setting Trial — regardless of any earlier mediation — on pain of striking from the trial docket and sanctions up to dismissal without further notice or hearing.

Applies to

Florida > Fifteenth Judicial Circuit > Palm Beach County > Family Division FC (Judge Karen M. Miller)

Source of truth

"Once the trial has been set, pre-trial mediation MUST take place regardless of other mediation that may have occurred prior to the Order Setting Trial. Failure to attend pre-trial mediation absent an order waiving same shall result in the striking of the case from the trial docket and/or additional sanctions, including but not limited to dismissal of action without further notice and/or hearing." / "Pursuant to Administrative Order No. 5.207 Mediation must be completed and the mediation report filed prior to requesting a hearing."

Official source: 15th Cir. — Division FC Procedures (Judge Miller)
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 source 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. Division FC's procedures page was rewritten by the court (last updated 09/09/2026, now at /division/fc/instructions) and no longer states this provision (checked 2026-09-14); whether it was withdrawn or relocated is being confirmed by hand.

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