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5 verbatim requirements published by Palm Beach Division E on continuances & cancellations.
Palm Beach County, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit — Division E only. Divisional instructions change without notice; the division page is the controlling text. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
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Unlock free →Motions for continuance must be in writing and shall state with specificity:
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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.