Best Three Cases Per Issue, No String Citations, 10-Page Memos… — Palm Beach County, FL · BenchPath

Best Three Cases Per Issue, No String Citations, 10-Page Memos — Division FI

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

Summary

Judge Scher enforces brief discipline: memoranda capped at ten pages, legal authority limited to the best three cases per issue absent good cause, and string citations banned.

Applies to

Florida > Fifteenth Judicial Circuit > Palm Beach County > Family Division FI (Judge Rosemarie Scher)

Source of truth

"Memorandums must not exceed ten (10) pages without good cause" / "Legal authority is to be limited to the best three cases per issue absent good cause and no string citations" / "Courtesy copies must be submitted to the court no later than three (3) days before any hearing or trial"

Official source: 15th Cir. — Division FI Instructions (Judge Scher)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 23, 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. | 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 | Superseded in practice by fl15-div-fi-instructions (composed 2026-08-03 from the current page after the July rotation). | Superseded in practice by fl15-div-fi-instructions (composed 2026-08-03 from the current page after the July rotation).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 f45db5aa78b9766fdac02056836e1a3cfd6587c5d1a5b016301ab336c7dda2cb); all 3 quoted source fragment(s) verified live. Text remains a summary — verbatim recomposition queued.] [RECOMPOSED VERBATIM 2026-08-04 (campaign wave, fully-anchored): 3 bullet(s) quoted whole from the live page, sha256 071a7d847e016f6c18b89a8559686c5e2a1ceb1ac00a8d9b3784f203efaee621; the prior summary-class text is superseded.] Verbatim from the division's live instruction page (https://www.15thcircuit.com/division/fi/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 FI Instructions (Judge Scher). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 4, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division FI Instructions (Judge Scher). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 3, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division FI Instructions (Judge Scher). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 2, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division FI Instructions (Judge Scher). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 1, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division FI Instructions (Judge Scher). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 31, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division FI Instructions (Judge Scher). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 29, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division FI Instructions (Judge Scher). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 28, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division FI Instructions (Judge Scher). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 27, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division FI Instructions (Judge Scher). 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