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35 verbatim requirements from the 15th Circuit's Division AD instructions page as published today.
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit (Palm Beach) — Division AD only. Division instructions change with judicial rotations; the division's own page controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
• Please do not call the Judicial Assistant to schedule or cancel a UMC hearing. • Out of courtesy, and during UMC, parties shall mute their audio until their case is called as to not disrupt others. • The timing of when the Judge will call up cases on UMC cannot be determined, however, all parties shall wait, with their audio muted, until the Court calls up their case when each party can make their appearance. • The following matters SHALL NOT be noticed on the uniform motion calendar. • In advance of scheduling any hearing, attorneys (including self-represented litigants) are required to "make reasonable efforts to actually speak to [with] one another and engage in reasonable compromises to resolve or narrow the disputes before seeking court intervention." Therefore, prior to reserving a uniform motion calendar hearing date, the moving party shall attempt to (and make a good faith effort to) to clear dates with opposing counsel and parties prior to obtaining a reservation. • Prior to scheduling the hearing, the attorney noticing the motion shall attempt to resolve the matter and shall certify to the Court the good faith attempt to resolve. • Upon obtaining a reservation for a UMC hearing date, a notice of hearing must be filed with the Clerk; and a copy of the Notice should be sent to the Court at CAD-DivisionAD@pbcgov.org . • A copy of the Notice of Hearing and the motion or other pertinent pleading must be sent to Chambers in advance of the hearing. • The hearing materials shall be provided to the Court in advance of the hearing. • Materials that are more than 10 pages shall be delivered by courier service or by U.S. • Proposed orders will be required to be submitted timely and uploaded to the Court's Online Services at the conclusion of the hearing (no later than 48-72 hours after the hearing). • DO NOT submit proposed orders to the Court's online services system in advance of a hearing. • However, if a motion is resolved prior to the scheduled hearing, agreed orders can be submitted to the Court via the Court's online services system, and shall be accompanied by a cover letter indicating the date and time of the hearing and that all parties have reviewed and agreed to the contents and language of the proposed order and confirm agreement. • Cancellation UMC Hearings To cancel a hearing scheduled on uniform motion calendar ("UMC"), the scheduling party must: login to the 15th Judicial Circuit's Online Services, select "Uniform Motion Calendar "UMC" Scheduling; • Select "Cancel Hearings" and follow the directions on the screen. must file a Notice of Cancellation and submit at copy to the Court via CAD-DivisionAD@pbcgov.org ; and file the Notice of Cancellation with the Clerk of Court and provide copies of that Notice to the Court and interested parties at CAD-DivisionAD@pbcgov.org for proper and timely notice. • Prior to scheduling a special set hearing, you must : 1. file/ docket the motion; 2. confer with all interested parties to gauge availability for the hearing, and to clear the hearing date and time ultimately provided by the Court for reservation; and 3. send an email request to the Division email: • E-mail requests for hearing time shall be copied to all counsel/ parties of record and include the Division AD case number, the name of the motion(s), the file date of the motion(s), the amount of time needed for reservation (a short list of joint availability may also be included with any agreed to dates and/or timeframes already agreed to by the parties in advance) for the Court's consideration. • If all counsel/parties do not agree to the date(s) provided by the Court or otherwise, counsel may come before the Court during Uniform Motion Calendar to obtain a special set hearing date, scheduled in the ordinary course with Notice of Hearing "to obtain a special set hearing date". • Court documents and orders must specify in the service list the complete name and physical mailing address of each person who is to receive copies to ensure that these non-registered parties are properly served. • If a case has multiple motions or if any of the parties believe that the hearing will take longer than 30 minutes, the moving party shall submit a written request including a courtesy copy of the motion(s) with a cover letter to the Court indicating the full title of the motion(s), the docket number and file date, how much time is needed for the hearing, whether the hearing is evidentiary or non-evidentiary-you may also include a short list of joint availability and agreed to dates when all counsel/parties associated with the motion(s) may be available for the Court's consideration when determining availability and reservation. • The Order must also include a complete service list, including the full names of persons to be furnished copies with mailing addresses to persons who are not registered for electronic service, and with email addresses to persons who are registered for electronic service. • Materials in Support of Specially Set Matters A copy of the motion, memorandum of law and case law must be sent directly to Judge Goodman, by U.S. mail or by courier service to the Judicial drop box on the main floor of the Main Courthouse no later than five days in advance of the scheduled hearing. • All motions/ papers upon which the parties intend to rely for their scheduled hearings must be filed with the court in advance of the hearing. • If the papers do not appear on the docket, the parties are required to submit copies of all documents which they intend to reference during the hearing by U.S. • Any memorandum or materials provided to the Court shall be simultaneously sent to the opposing party. • Submission of Orders Do not submit proposed orders in advance of the hearing, they will be rejected and returned unsigned. • All Orders must have complete mailing addresses for all participating parties. • All Orders must have complete e-mail addresses for all registered parties. • Service which require service to a party not represented by counsel ("pro se litigant") or to a party who is not registered with the Court's online services system (and who has perhaps opted-out of e-service) must indicate that the moving party will furnish a manual copy of the order to that party through U.S. mail. • Agreed Orders If a Motion is resolved prior to a hearing, the Agreed Order must be submitted to the Court in Microsoft Word format. • The Order must include "Agreed Order" in the Title of the Order and must be sent to the Court via the Online Services in advance of the hearing date. • If the agreed order is on a matter that is already scheduled on the Court's docket for hearing, the parties shall indicate the date and time of the hearing to which the Agreed Order is being submitted in reference therein. • Orders submitted as a result of a hearing, whether in person or remote by Zoom, shall include the date of the hearing and the named parties in attendance and must be included in the first sentence of the order. • Users must be registered with the Court's Online Services and must be in full agreement to submitting orders and receiving service via the Court's Online Services. • If any party in the proceeding is not registered with the Court's Online Services, conformed copies must be mailed to each of the non-registered parties by regular U.S. mail to be properly served.
Please do not call the Judicial Assistant to schedule or cancel a UMC hearing.
Reviewer note: Composed fresh after the July 2026 rotation replaced division instructions; the prior requirement-level rules for this division sit at medium with notes pointing here. Verbatim from the division's own instructions page, fetched live 2026-08-03 (sha256 9f53f7ae60f5f059…); whitespace normalised only. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]
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