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35 verbatim requirements from the 15th Circuit's Division AN instructions page as published today.
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit (Palm Beach) — Division AN only. Division instructions change with judicial rotations; the division's own page controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
• The party seeking the hearing must inform all Parties of the matter(s) provided to the court prior to making a request for a special set hearing. • After submitting hardcopies of all necessary materials, Parties must then submit the standard order setting hearing through the online scheduling system with the time requested, matters to be heard, docket entry numbers and form of appearance completely filled out for review. • The date of hearing and time of hearing sections shall be left blank as the court shall review and may assign the next available time slot, if all steps were completed properly and all hardcopies received. • Specially Set Hearings (Currently Set on the Court Calendar) HARDCOPIES OF ALL motions, responses, replies, briefs, memoranda and case law or other legal authority for special set hearings MUST be provided to the Judge's Judicial Assistant, at least TEN (10) BUSINESS DAYS prior to the scheduled special set hearing. • Parties must make the appropriate form of appearance(s) to scheduled special set hearings based on the language of the signed order setting. • If Parties have an agreement to alter their form of appearance, they must submit an agreed amended order setting ( no later than 7 days prior to the scheduled hearing ) through the online system for court review and approval. • Uniform Motion Calendar All notices of hearing, motions, responses, replies, briefs, and memoranda must be filed with e-courtesy sent to the court. • If the number of pages for the totality of the documents exceed the limit of twenty-five (25) pages, then hardcopies of the materials MUST be provided to the Judge's Judicial Assistant at least SEVEN (7) BUSINESS DAYS prior to the scheduled Uniform Motion Calendar. • Scheduling of Hearing In Division "AN" Online Services Hearings including but not limited to Uniform Motion Calendar, Case Management Conference, and Special Sets in Division "AN", shall take place via Zoom Conference, unless an objection to utilizing Zoom is filed with the Clerk of Court in a timely manner prior to the scheduled hearing or unless otherwise instructed by the court. • The movant must inform all Parties of the matter(s) provided to the court prior to making a request for a special set hearing. • After submitting hardcopies of all necessary materials, Parties must then submit the standard order setting hearing through the online scheduling system with the time reserved, matters to be heard and docket entry numbers completely filled out for review. • The date of hearing and time of hearing sections may be left blank as the court shall review and may provide the next available time slot if all steps were completed properly and all hardcopies received. • If you are seeking a hearing time that exceeds 60 minutes, the requesting party shall submit hardcopies of a written request to the court, including the name and file date of the Motion(s), the Response(s), and/or Reply(s), the amount of time being requested, whether said hearing will be evidentiary in nature or not and a list of availability dates within the timeframe that the party seeks to have the hearing. • Parties must also make a submission of the standard order setting hearing made through the online scheduling system stating if the matter is evidentiary with the following completely filled out for review: time reserved, matters to be heard and docket entry numbers. • If the party has no electronic devices, you may utilize the law library at 205 North Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach, FL or the party may make a written request which shall be sent manually by U.S. mail to the court's attention with a copy to all counsel/ parties of record. • All communications to the court shall be copied to all counsel/ parties of record (including electronic correspondence). • If the parties are unable to utilize this technology, the party shall provide hard copies of all intended exhibits, evidence or demonstrative aids to the court ten (10) days in advance of an evidentiary hearing or trial (unless otherwise determined by the court). • Oaths for any evidentiary hearing or non-jury trials shall be administered remotely in accordance with Supreme Court Administrative Order AOSC20-106. • Matters that do not fit the requirement may not be heard and ultimately be removed from the calendar. • The standard information including link, Meeting ID, Passcode and Toll Free Number for Zoom Meeting for Division "AN" MUST be included within the Notice Setting UMC Hearing. • All counsel/parties who scheduled their hearing on the UMC through the court's online scheduling system are expected to be in attendance and shall wait for their case to be called in the ordinary course of UMC. • The following matters SHALL NOT be noticed for UMC, but MUST be specially set for hearing: • No more than one Motion for each scheduled case may be heard at a particular UMC date. • Orders Submitted Following a Hearing If the Court directs an attorney to prepare and submit an order after a hearing, the order must state the date the hearing was held. • All parties must have reviewed the order before it is submitted through Online Services. • If parties are not in agreement with the form of the order, that must be noted in the cover letter to the judge. • Moreover, the submitting party may NOT SUBMIT duplicate copies of a proposed Order, absent the court's approval. • All parties must be registered with Online Services and in full agreement to submitting court documents and orders via the online system. • If any party is not registered with the court's Online Services, court documents and orders must specify the complete name and mailing address of each person who is to receive copies to ensure that all non-registered parties are properly served. • If the parties are submitting a proposed Order of Dismissal, Order Specially Setting Hearing, Ex Parte Orders, Orders of Substitution of Counsel, and/or other orders which require the court to review additional documents, such shall be attached thereto (when submitting the Order online) All orders must include the complete mailing address and email address of all parties for service. • No order or judgment shall contain a signature page that does not include a portion of the text of the order or judgment. • Further, all Orders must include the mailing address, email address, and telephone number for each party. • Every motion for a continuance must include a proposed Amended DCMO resetting each pretrial deadline that remains applicable and indicating the month the case can be ready for trial. • Please be sure to input the accurate upcoming trial docket dates, otherwise the order shall be rejected. • Submission of the Order Rolling must be completed prior to the first week of any trial docket to be included in the desired trial docket.
The party seeking the hearing must inform all Parties of the matter(s) provided to the court prior to making a request for a special set 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 c6dff6ff8c73a692…); whitespace normalised only. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]
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