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35 verbatim requirements from the 15th Circuit's Division AG instructions page as published today.
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit (Palm Beach) — Division AG only. Division instructions change with judicial rotations; the division's own page controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
• US Toll-free 877-853-5257 or 888-475-4499 *Parties must comply with important division instructions as non-compliance may result in resetting your hearing. • A proposed form of order must be uploaded by each party prior to any and all hearings by OLS, no sooner than five (5) days in advance. • For all hearings, exhibits must be attached to the proposed order including but not limited to the Notice of Hearing, Motion and Response, operative complaint for Motions to Dismiss, the Note/Mortgage for Foreclosures, contracts, agreements and bills. • A copy of all proposed orders must be emailed to the opposing party for objection. • All proposed orders must state (i) the status of the case (ii) calendar call date (iii) the motion was timely filed and set, (iv) conferral of the parties prior to filing the motion by telephone and email. • To special set hearings the parties must upload an Agreed Status Order with Request to Special Set indicating the DCMO DE# and date filed, calendar call date, the Division instruction deadline to file, set and hear all motions is 30 days prior to calendar call (see Division Documents for sample) and availability for the next 60 days on Mondays. • The parties must move to set all motions within 5 days of filing and timely heard within 60 days as permitted by law, but no later than 30 days prior to calendar call, or the same may be deemed abandoned. • Mediation must be set and completed no later than 30 days prior to calendar call. • All motions require a filed Response within 5 days of the motion being filed unless otherwise indicated in the FL.R.C.P. or the motion may be deemed unopposed. • All parties must confer by telephone & email and indicate the same in the proposed competing orders, which will be uploaded with the motion and written response. • All dispositive motions must be set for hearing unless agreed to by the parties. • If the same is by default, notice must be sent by Certified Mail Return Request Receipt. • Summary Judgment motions set must confirm all discovery required for the same is completed. • Please do not email or upload case law or proposed notices of hearings to be signed by the Judge as you are required to file the same in the case file. • The proposed order must state with specificity good cause with factual and legal basis. • 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. • You must copy all parties on communications with the Court; no ex-parte communications will be considered. • All communications with the judicial office must comply with Canon 3 of the Code of Judicial Conduct, which prohibits a judge from initiating, permitting, or considering ex parte communications and from considering other communications outside the presence of the parties concerning a pending or impending proceeding, unless authorized by law. • All parties must be copied on any e-mail directed to the judicial office, unless an ex parte communication is authorized by law. • All attorneys and self-represented litigants must make and receive service by e-mail, which is generally through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal, unless excused. • All attorneys and self-represented litigants must provide an e-mail address to receive signed orders electronically, unless excused. • Scheduling Procedures- must be in compliance with the DCMO and division instructions The parties must move to set all motions within 5 days of filing and timely heard within 60 days or the same may be deemed abandoned. • All motions must be set and heard no later than 30 days prior to calendar call. • PLAINTIFF's DEPOSITION shall be taken within 45 days after Defendant's answer has been filed. • Defendant's FIELD ADJUSTER DEPOSITION shall be taken within 45 days after Plaintiff's deposition. • Defendant's CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVE DEPOSITION shall be taken within 30 days after the Field Adjuster's deposition. 1. • For Trials, the parties must utilize a stenographers for purposes of transcribing/transcription. • Please do not contact the JA as scheduling is between the parties. • Parties may not substitute another motion in place of one previously noticed. • Parties must upload five days prior to all hearings competing proposed orders with factual basis, legal authority, date of calendar call, date of conferral by telephone and outstanding discovery. • All parties at any hearing must be prepared to address case management issues, argue all non-evidentiary motions if time permits, and have authority to make binding representations on motions, issues and scheduling. • The proposed status order must include the status of the case, including discovery, mediation, compliance with the DCMO and division instructions, and all outstanding motions. • The parties must attach as an exhibit the motions to be set with the proposed order. • Once the parties receive a Court order setting, the parties must upload five days prior to all hearings competing proposed orders with factual basis, legal authority, date of calendar call, date of conferral by telephone and outstanding discovery. • All dispositive motions must be set for hearing unless agreed to by the parties including default final Judgements. 2.
US Toll-free 877-853-5257 or 888-475-4499 *Parties must comply with important division instructions as non-compliance may result in resetting your 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 29c66eade1ff4620…); whitespace normalised only. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]
1 verbatim requirement on judge preferences.
20 verbatim requirements on judge preferences.