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Two different channels. A deadline that does not touch trial or Calendar Call can move by agreed order. A trial continuance cannot: it requires a Rule 1.460 motion and a DCM conference set through OLS, and agreed orders are expressly not permitted.
Circuit Civil and County Civil, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit (Palm Beach County). Divisional Instructions control which OLS docket to use. Procedural information only — not legal advice.
EXTENSIONS OF DEADLINES OTHER THAN TRIAL/CALENDAR CALL — "The parties must strictly follow Rule 1.200(e) and Administrative Order 3.110 (as amended) when filing motions for extension or modification. Parties may submit an agreed order to extend a deadline only if the extension does not affect the trial/Calendar Call date or the ability to comply with the remaining dates in the case management order." MOTIONS TO CONTINUE TRIAL — "Motions to continue trial must comply with Rule 1.460, are disfavored and should rarely be granted and then only upon good cause. The parties must promptly set a DCM conference through online scheduling (OLS) on either the Court's 1) DCM – Case Management Conference docket; or 2) Uniform Motion Calendar, in accordance with Divisional Instructions. Parties are not permitted to submit an agreed order." The practical trap: counsel who agree to a discovery extension that pushes past the DCMO trial period have not obtained a continuance and must still set the DCM conference.
Parties may submit an agreed order to extend a deadline only if the extension does not affect the trial/Calendar Call date … Motions to continue trial must comply with Rule 1.460, are disfavored and should rarely be granted and then only upon good cause. … Parties are not permitted to submit an agreed order.
Florida follows the federal summary-judgment standard. The motion must be served at least 40 days before the hearing; the nonmovant's response is due no later than 20 days before the hearing.
How Florida procedural deadlines are computed: exclude the trigger day; count every day for periods of 7 days or more; for periods under 7 days, skip intermediate weekends and legal holidays; roll forward when the last day is a weekend or holiday.
Judge Siperstein requires every motion to be set within 5 days of filing and heard within 60 days, or it may be deemed abandoned.