Palm Beach civil DCM: four tracks with hard disposition clocks (AO 3.110)

Medium — verify before relying· verified July 24, 2026Case ManagementAO 3.110-12/24 (15th Cir.) and the circuit's Civil Differentiated Forms and Orders page

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Summary

Every non-exempt new Circuit Civil or County Civil case in Palm Beach is auto-assigned to one of four differentiated case-management tracks, each with a fixed disposition window measured from service on the last defendant or 120 days after commencement.

Applies to

Circuit Civil and County Civil divisions, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit (Palm Beach County). Cases exempt under Part 1 of AO 3.110 are not tracked. Procedural information only — not legal advice.

Requirement

The Fifteenth Circuit's Civil Differentiated Case Management plan (AO 3.110) assigns every non-exempt newly filed Circuit Civil or County Civil case to a track through an automatically generated Uniform Differentiated Case Management Order and Order Setting Trial ("DCMO"), which also schedules Calendar Call and assigns a trial period. The four tracks and their disposition windows are: • GENERAL — Circuit Civil JURY cases. Disposition within 18 months after service on the last defendant or 120 days after commencement of the action. • STREAMLINED — Circuit Civil NON-JURY cases AND County Civil JURY cases. Disposition within 12 months after service on the last defendant or 120 days after commencement. • EXPEDITED — Circuit Civil FORECLOSURE cases: disposition within 12 months after service on the last defendant or 120 days after commencement. County Civil NON-JURY cases: disposition within 9 MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF FILING (a filing-date clock, not a service clock — the only track measured this way). • COMPLEX — disposition within 30 months after service on the last defendant or 120 days after commencement. Cases are NOT automatically designated Complex; a motion and a court order are required. The case is expected to be trial-ready by the Calendar Call date set in the DCMO. Cases pending before January 1, 2025 are expected to comply with any current DCMO or trial order; if an eligible case has no current DCMO, the Court will issue one. Track-specific order forms are published by name: Circuit Civil DCMGJT (General), DCMSNT (Streamlined), DCMENT (Expedited); County Civil DCMSJT (Streamlined), DCMET (Expedited).

Source of truth

The tracks are General, Streamlined, Expedited, and Complex. … Circuit Civil Jury cases will be assigned to the General Track with deadlines established to ensure cases are disposed of within 18 months after service on the last defendant or 120 days after commencement of the action. … County Civil Non-Jury cases will be assigned to the Expedited Track and scheduled for disposition within 9 months from the date of filing. … The Complex Track contemplates disposition within 30 months … Cases will not be automatically designated as Complex; a motion and a court order will be required.

Official source: 15th Circuit — Administrative Orders (faceted ledger)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 3, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: July 24, 2026benchpath-arbitration-2026-07-24

Reviewer note: 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.

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Change history

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Broward Division 73/ND (STEVEN P. DELUCA) — Case management

6 verbatim requirements on case management in STEVEN P. DELUCA's division.

High confidence· verified September 9, 202617th Jud. Cir., Division 73/ND divisional procedures — captured and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24

Case ManagementBroward County · Judge Lauren N. Peffer

Broward Division 82/WC (LAUREN N. PEFFER) — Case management

4 verbatim requirements on case management in LAUREN N. PEFFER's division.

High confidence

Requirement

Source of truth

The tracks are General, Streamlined, Expedited, and Complex. … Circuit Civil Jury cases will be assigned to the General Track with deadlines established to ensure cases are disposed of within 18 months after service on the last defendant or 120 days after commencement of the action. … County Civil Non-Jury cases will be assigned to the Expedited Track and scheduled for disposition within 9 months from the date of filing. … The Complex Track contemplates disposition within 30 months … Cases will not be automatically designated as Complex; a motion and a court order will be required.

Official source

15th Circuit — Administrative Orders (faceted ledger)

Source health

Healthy · checked October 3, 2026

Effective date

—

Last verified

July 24, 2026benchpath-arbitration-2026-07-24

Reviewer note: 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.

Change history

August 6, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Circuit — Administrative Orders (faceted ledger). Review before republishing dependent rules.

August 5, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Circuit — Administrative Orders (faceted ledger). Review before republishing dependent rules.

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Palm Beach civil DCM: four tracks with hard disposition clocks (AO 3.110)

Summary

Applies to

Requirement

Source of truth

Change history

Related rules

Broward Division 73/ND (STEVEN P. DELUCA) — Case management

Broward Division 82/WC (LAUREN N. PEFFER) — Case management

Palm Beach civil DCM: four tracks with hard disposition clocks (AO 3.110)

Summary

Applies to

Requirement

Source of truth

Change history

Related rules

Broward Division 73/ND (STEVEN P. DELUCA) — Case management

Broward Division 82/WC (LAUREN N. PEFFER) — Case management

Broward Division 98 (HILARY CREARY) — Case management

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