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35 verbatim requirements from the 15th Circuit's Division AE instructions page as published today.
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit (Palm Beach) — Division AE only. Division instructions change with judicial rotations; the division's own page controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
• All attorneys and self-represented litigants must provide an e-mail address to receive signed orders electronically, unless excused. • You must copy all parties on communications with the Court; no ex-parte communications will be considered. • If you are making a request to the Court, you must file a motion, which shall be provided to all parties and upload the same as an exhibit with a proposed form order by OLS to the division queue. • Circuit Civil Jury cases will be assigned to a General Track with deadlines established to ensure that cases are disposed of within 18 months after service on the last defendant or 120 days after commencement of the action, whichever occurs first. • Circuit Civil Non-Jury cases will be assigned to a Streamlined Track with deadlines established to ensure that cases are disposed of within 12 months after service on the last defendant or 120 days after commencement of the action, whichever occurs first. • Circuit Civil Foreclosure cases will be assigned to an Expedited Track and scheduled for disposition within 12 Months from the date of filing. • Motions to amend the DCMO must include: the basis of the need for the extension, including when the basis became known to the movant; whether the motion is opposed; the specific date to which the movant is requesting the deadline or projected trial period be extended, and whether that date is agreed by all parties; the action and specific dates for the action that will enable the movant to meet the proposed new deadline or projected trial period, including, but not limited to, confirming the specific date any required participants such as third-party witnesses or experts are available. • Please do not call the Judicial Assistant to schedule or cancel a UMC hearing. • In order for you case to be heard, both parties must be present (if applicable.) The moving party is responsible for ensuring that the proposed order is uploaded after the Judge makes a decision on the presiding motion. • Zoom Link Meeting ID: 941 1043 8096 Passcode: 208540 All UMC hearings shall be scheduled using the Court's Online Services (OLS) . • Attorneys are required to "make reasonable efforts to speak to one another and engage in reasonable compromises to resolve or narrow the disputes before seeking court intervention." Prior to scheduling, the "attorney noticing the motion shall attempt to resolve the matter and shall certify to the Court the good faith attempt to resolve." Parties may not utilize more than one UMC time slot per case, per day. • A notice of hearing must be filed and served immediately after reserving hearing time. • ( Please see the sample Notice of Hearing under the Division Documents section ) ALL the motions in special set hearings, must go to MEDIATION before the special set hearing occurs (EXCEPT Motion for Default, Motion for Dismiss and Motion for Summary Judgement) . • The order setting hearing must be uploaded immediately after reserving hearing time. • It must identify the motion to be heard and include the corresponding docket entry number as well as the docket entry number for any memorandum related to the motion. • Orders must be uploaded through OLS specifically stating good cause for the cancellation in the proposed form of order. • Oaths for any evidentiary hearing or non-jury trial shall be administered remotely in accordance with Supreme Court Administrative Order No. • Submission of Orders and Judgments All proposed orders must be submitted in Word format and provided to opposing counsel and any self-represented litigant BEFORE being submitted to the Court. • Agreed Orders If a motion(s) is resolved, an agreed order on that motion can be submitted to the Judges office through OLS and the Order must say "Agreed Order On Motion (Title of the Motion)". • The names and address of all personal receiving copies must appear in the Agreed Order, pursuant to Administrative Order 2.306 . • All pleadings and Orders must have complete mailing addresses for all participating parties(see A.O. 2.306 -9/08 & 2.310-5/14). • All pleadings and Orders must have complete e-mail addresses for all participating parties(see A.O. 2.310 -5/14). • Submit all orders/judgments in WORD FORMAT (DO NOT use tables or macros for the style of the case or attorney names). • Please DO NOT submit proposed orders more than 1 day in advance of a hearing on matters on which the Court has not yet ruled (the order will be rejected). • If the order being submitted is regarding a hearing held in open court, the date of the hearing and names of the party or parties in attendance must be included in the first sentence of the order. • Submissions which require service to a party not represented by counsel (i.e. pro se party) must indicate that the moving party is required to furnish the order via US Mail. • JURY INSTRUCTIONS/VERDICT FORM & Style of Case and trial date JURY INSTRUCTIONS/VERDICT FORMS shall be submitted in WORD format. • Whenever a lawyer or pro se party is no longer involved in the case, and they are registered for E-Service, they shall immediately take all necessary steps to remove their email address from the Clerk's system and the state portal. • Amended Notice of Appeal Amended Final Judgment Default Final Judgment Final Judgment of Foreclosure Final Judgment Judgment Notice of Appeal Notice of Cross Appeal Notice of Non-Final Appeal Order of Dismissal Verdict Vacate Final Judgment & Dismiss Return to TOC Residential Foreclosure Procedures All pleadings/documents must clearly indicate "RESIDENTIAL FORECLOSURE" under the case number. • In cases where there are self-represented (pro se) parties, the uploaded orders must include a provision that the moving party is required to furnish a copy of the order/judgment to the pro se party via U.S. • Documents/Orders are only permitted to be e-mailed to pro se parties if the pro se party has filed a Notice of Email designation with the Clerk of Court, otherwise all documents/orders must be mailed to pro se parties via U.S. • The notice shall indicate that the case is at issue and the amount of time requested for trial. • The Court will e-serve the order to counsel for Plaintiff, who shall forward the order to all Defendants and file the required Notice of Service. • The notice must indicate it is a Residential Foreclosure under case number. • DO NOT SET UNCONTESTED FORECLOSURE SUMMARY JUDGMENTS ON THE DIVISION AE ONLINE CALENDAR - follow the prompts for scheduling.
All attorneys and self-represented litigants must provide an e-mail address to receive signed orders electronically, unless excused.
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 bb4a882ac1e63dd6…); whitespace normalised only. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]
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