10 verbatim requirements published by Palm Beach Division AF on continuances & cancellations.
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Unlock free →In addition, in this Division, counsel is directed to re-confer after all responses and replies have been filed, to ensure that only those issues which require Court resolution are set for hearing. The Court will inquire about whether the parties have re-conferred, and may postpone or cancel the hearing if the parties have not met prior to the hearing.
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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.