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20 verbatim requirements from the 15th Circuit's Division D instructions page as published today.
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit (Palm Beach) — Division D only. Division instructions change with judicial rotations; the division's own page controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
• Instead, the last line should read "DONE and ORDERED in Palm Beach County, Florida." ALL ORDERS MUST BE RECEIVED IN "WORD FORMAT" ONLY All orders must state a mailing and/or email address for each party for service. • If multiple orders are being submitted for a case, they must be uploaded separately and not as an attachment to another order. • All orders must state a mailing address and e-mail address for each party being served and that have registered e-mail addresses with the Clerk of Court. • You must first pay the Clerk's filing fee, then email a copy of the filed Petition and all required paperwork to the State Attorney's Office for agreement at rclausi@sa15.org If the State agrees by reply to the email, no hearing is necessary and you may submit the proposed Order to the Judge's divisional email address CAD-DivisionD@pbcgov.org If the State does not agree, a hearing must be set. • Traffic Infraction Trials involving serious bodily injury or fatality will be heard at 10:30 am, and set by Court Order, which will indicate that all parties are required to appear in-person, and then will be noticed and subpoenas sent by the Clerk for in-person hearing. • Unless Defendant's presence is waived, the attorney shall also have their client present with them. • Please continue to check your notice of hearings and/or subpoena to see instructions on how your appearance is required, either in-person or via Zoom. • All motions must be filed and docketed with the Clerk before a hearing can be set and may be settled by "Agreed Order" OR by setting the motion for hearing. • Petitions to Seal/Expunge must have the order filed along with the petition so the Clerk will have it at the hearing. • The motion must outline reasons for the failure to appear. • Defendant must be present unless stipulated by counsel. • Motion for Continuance Defendant/Defense Motion for Continuance must be accompanied by a waiver of speedy trial, UNLESS the case is reset for 1-2 weeks AND prior to expiration of speedy trial. • Motions to Continue that are filed untimely and do not allow sufficient time for processing, may be addressed at the time of the scheduled hearing. • Please do not leave the court date blank, the orders MUST have a new court date within the order or it will be returned . • The language of all Agreed Orders must be approved by all parties before submitting the order to the Judge. • Agreed Orders to Recall Capias and to Continue MUST have a new court date within the order. • Do not leave the court date blank or the order will be rejected. • Instead, the last line should read "DONE and ORDERED in Palm Beach County, Florida." ALL ORDERS MUST BE RECEIVED IN "WORD FORMAT" ONLY** All orders must state a mailing and/or email address for each party 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. • Judge Damico will determine whether an emergency exists and, if so, shall schedule a hearing, enter any ex parte order deemed necessary, or take any other appropriate action.
Instead, the last line should read "DONE and ORDERED in Palm Beach County, Florida." ALL ORDERS MUST BE RECEIVED IN "WORD FORMAT" ONLY All orders must state a mailing and/or email address for each party for service.
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 69a4b83c2fec8d87…); whitespace normalised only. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]
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