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35 verbatim requirements from the 15th Circuit's Division FA instructions page as published today.
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit (Palm Beach) — Division FA only. Division instructions change with judicial rotations; the division's own page controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the division's own instructions page, fetched live 2026-08-03 (sha256 1e28fe0ba71d1bf3…); whitespace normalised only. • NO continuance shall be granted for Trial or Case Management unless permission is received by the Court through proper motion stating the reasons or by request at Uniform Motion Calendar hearing. • All notices of hearing(s), motions, referrals, and objections to the Magistrate must clearly state the docket entry on the NOH. • Physical exhibits must be pre-marked with Date, case number, exhibit number, check box or line "Admitted into Evidence Yes or No" and whether item comes from Respondent or Petitioner. • Please send all proposed orders and final judgments via OLS no later than a day before the hearing. • Courtesy copies of motions for UMC, special set hearings, memorandums, and case authority shall be printed and sent via US Mail or Carrier one (1) business day. • Self-represented Litigants Self-Represented Litigants must bring your own translator if you don't speak English. • Self-represented litigants, MUST file an designated an email address. • To schedule a hearing on a Motion, proper notice to all parties is required. • DO NOT call Family Case Managers or the Judge's Chambers to schedule, reschedule or cancel a hearing or other Court events. • Any request of the Court must be in form of filing a proper motion with proper notice to all parties. • You must copy all parties on communications with the Court; no ex-parte communications will be considered. • 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. • Please do not submit any documents via "E-Courtesy." Please do not email or upload proposed notices of hearings to be signed by the Judge as you are required to file the same in the case docket. • Do not provide copies of case law by attachment, but reference all legal authority in a proposed order by OLS. • The Order of Referral must include the DOCKET ENTRY of the Motion date of filing, the specific Magistrate assigned, and the hearing room number of the Magistrate listed immediately above the style of the case. • The order will be signed in chambers however, Parties must submit an agreed Final Order of Paternity that includes the parties signatures and initials assenting to the agreement and must attach a Parenting Plan and Child Support Guidelines Worksheet if applicable(there is no DOR case). • If necessary that the hearing be unilaterally set, setting Party must give five days notice to opposing counsel or pro se litigant (shorter notice only by agreement of the parties). • DO NOT SET TEMPORARY CUSTODY CASES ON UMC CALENDAR IT IS A SPECIAL SET HEARING. • The parties must upload a proposed order setting the hearing. • If there is a substantial need for more time the request must be made at a status conference on the UMC. • Except for Temporary custody, ALL the motions in special set hearings, must go to MEDIATION before the special set hearing occurs. • Orders must be uploaded through OLS specifically stating good cause for the cancellation in the proposed form of order. • If the GM is objected to and the party askes the Court for a Special set hearing time at a UMC, the Motion to set must contain the re-opened pleading docket entry, the referral to Gen. • TO GET A SPECIAL SET HEARING IN A RE-OPEN CAS E this procedure must be followed or the Court will deny the Special set hearing date. • No less than five days prior to each hearing, the parties must exchange all proposed exhibits which they intend to reference during the hearing. • Each proposed exhibit must be pre-marked for identification to identify the exhibits numerically. • The parties must upload a proposed form of order as indicated below in the motions section. • Mediation ON THE TEMPORARY RELIEF SOUGHT (following the filing of the motion for temporary relief) must be held before a temporary relief hearing will be scheduled Administrative Order 5.207 . • Follow instructions for Special Set Hearings Notice of Unavailability are required to be filed on all cases. • Judge must receive a courtesy copy of the notice for trial and copies of all current Notice of Unavailability for both sides. • In cases where one side is represented by an attorney and the other side is pro se, the notice shall contain the e-mail address for the attorney and the physical street address for the pro se party. • Notices must include specific motion or petition/counter petition to be tried and the estimate of time necessary for trial. • Notice of Unavailability are required to be filed on all cases. • Uniform Pre-Trial Procedure All parties shall exchange lists of all trial exhibits, names and addresses of all trial witnesses, and names and addresses of all expert witnesses within forty-five (45) calendar days prior to the first date of trial. • Within thirty (30) days prior to the first day of trial, the parties shall exchange lists of names and addresses of all rebuttal witnesses.
NO continuance shall be granted for Trial or Case Management unless permission is received by the Court through proper motion stating the reasons or by request at Uniform Motion Calendar 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.
Judge Garrison caps memoranda at ten double-spaced pages and wants the controlling legal authority highlighted, delivered at least 5 business days before the hearing or trial.
31 verbatim requirements from the procedure documents published under "Judge Hector Murcia Bustos".