QDRO Channel Split: Attorneys via OLS, Pro Se by Mail — NO… — Palm Beach County, FL · BenchPath

QDRO Channel Split: Attorneys via OLS, Pro Se by Mail — NO EXCEPTIONS — Division FC

Medium — verify before relying· verified September 9, 2026Judge Preferences15th 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's QDRO rule is absolute: after the motion and plan-administrator pre-approval letter are filed, attorneys upload proposed orders via OLS while pro se litigants mail theirs in — "NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE." The Court also never acts on letters, notes, or e-mails.

Applies to

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

Source of truth

"FOR ATTORNEYS ALL PROPOSED ORDERS WILL NEED TO BE UPLOADED VIA THE OLS" / "PRO SE LITIGANTS WIL NEED TO MAIL THE DOCUMENTS INTO THE COURT" / "NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE." / "The Court does not act on letters, notes or emails sent by either party."

Official source: 15th Cir. — Division FC Procedures (Judge Miller)
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 source 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 | Superseded in practice by fl15-div-fc-instructions (composed 2026-08-03 from the current page after the July rotation).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 aa8fc40cab7723f31f18d47a153c6942b296bf8c0884e678894104b50f342474); all 4 quoted source fragment(s) verified live. Text remains a summary — verbatim recomposition queued.] [RECOMPOSED VERBATIM 2026-08-04 (campaign wave, partially-anchored): 3 bullet(s) quoted whole from the live page, sha256 71e512d14b12c016707885320350c82b5449e59cc9d91f0cfab4778686dc33be; the prior summary-class text is superseded.] 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09/09/2026, now at /division/fc/instructions) and no longer states this provision (checked 2026-09-14); whether it was withdrawn or relocated is being confirmed by hand. Verbatim from the division's live instruction page (https://www.15thcircuit.com/division/fc/news), 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

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