The Twelfth Circuit Civil Division states that case management conferences and other non-evidentiary hearings, including hearings on the pleadings and motions to compel discovery, continue to be conducted exclusively by Zoom.
Circuit civil non-evidentiary hearings in the Twelfth Judicial Circuit. NOTE: the court's Civil and Family pages retain remote-hearing passages dated 2021-2022; confirm with the division before relying on this for a specific setting.
Case Management Conferences and other non-evidentiary hearings, such as hearings directed at the pleadings and motions to compel discovery, will continue to be conducted exclusively via Zoom, in the interest of making these hearings more convenient and less costly for the parties.
Case Management Conferences and other non-evidentiary hearings ... will continue to be conducted exclusively via Zoom
Reviewer note: The Twelfth Circuit's civil and family division pages retain remote-hearing passages dated 2021 and 2022. Preserved as published; re-verify currency before each reliance.
1 verbatim requirement published by Palm Beach Division FC on remote appearance policy.
Judge Hooi does not usually allow hybrid hearings (one side in person, one virtual); if both sides prefer, everyone may appear in person instead; emergencies route through the clerk to a judge-entered handling order.