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27 verbatim requirements from the 15th Circuit's Division FH instructions page as published today.
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit (Palm Beach) — Division FH only. Division instructions change with judicial rotations; the division's own page controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
• Please be aware that hearings conducted via Zoom are court hearings and must be treated as such. • You must have both audio and video to appear at a Zoom hearing. • Minors may not be present during the hearing without prior court approval. • In addition, all attorneys, parties, and witnesses shall be in a quiet and stationary place or you will be removed from the Zoom hearing. • If you are unfamiliar with Zoom, you must become familiar with using Zoom prior to the scheduled Zoom hearing. • IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW THESE ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS, THE HEARING MAY PROCEED WITHOUT YOU AS YOU WILL BE CONSIDERED AS FAILING TO APPEAR. • Uniform Motion Calendar (UMC) All documents, including proposed orders , must be uploaded and submitted via OLS (Online Scheduling) three (3) business days prior to the hearing. • (If you do not submit the documents and then chose your hearing date, the documents will not be attached to the EVENT). • The proposed Final Judgment or proposed Order must be uploaded first, followed by exhibits, etc. • If you do not submit a proposed order or proposed final judgment PRIOR to the UMC hearing, the Judge's ruling may not be reduced to writing. • Please do not submit proposed orders more than three (3) business days in advance of the hearing, unless otherwise instructed by the Court. • UMC hearings are non-evidentiary ONLY (allowing no more than two motions and five minutes per side) and must be scheduled through Online Services (OLS) with appearances via ZOOM. • All testifying parties must be in Zoom via BOTH audio and video connections or they will not be heard by the Court. • Online Services Please upload your Motion or Petition and proposed Order 48 hours prior to the hearing OR YOUR MATTER MAY NOT BE HEARD (SEE ABOVE FOR HOW TO UPLOAD THESE DOCUMENTS). • Forty-eight hours prior to the hearing, you must upload and submit a proposed Final Judgment in Word format; all Exhibits/Attachments to the Final Judgment (if any), including Marital Settlement Agreement, Parenting Plan, etc.; and a legible scanned copy of the Petitioner's Florida Driver's License (and the Respondent's if a Simplified Dissolution Petition was filed) demonstrating proof of Florida residency for at least six months immediately prior to the filing of the Petition, in compliance with Florida law through e-courtesy attached to the date of your hearing. • If you do not have written consent, the matter must be set on the Court's UMC docket with notice to all parties and your client. • The Judge must review the record in order to approve a Final Hearing date. • All Exhibits must be PREMARKED to include: the Exhibit Number, the Party Offering the Exhibit, the Case Style, the Case Number, the Date of Hearing, the Judge's Name and a place for the Judge's Signature, and whether the Exhibit was "Admitted" or "Not Admitted." FOR ALL REMOTE HEARINGS AND TRIALS: • All proposed Exhibits must be PREMARKED (including Exhibit Number, Case Style and Number, Date of Hearing, Judge's Name and Signature line, and Admitted or Not Admitted) and provided to the Court via U.S. mail or other delivery service AT LEAST FIVE BUSINESS DAYS prior to hearing to the North County courthouse dropbox. • If Exhibits are not received by the Court at least FIVE business days prior to the hearing in compliance with the above requirements, they will not be accepted or considered. • Special Set Hearings and trials, once scheduled, may not be canceled without court approval. • All Proposed or Agreed Orders with Motion attached (orders must be in Word format) must be uploaded through OLS (Online Services). • The Moving Party must request a hearing from the Court (FROM THE JUDGE'S JUDICIAL ASSISTANT - NOT THE MAGISTRATE) at the time the Motion to Vacate is filed. • You are required to provide the Court (hard copy only) with a record sufficient to support your Motion to Vacate or your motion will be denied. • Unless waived by order of the Court prior to any hearing on the Motion to Vacate, the transcript of all relevant proceedings, if any, must be delivered to the Judge (hard copy only) and provided to all other parties at least 48 hours before the hearing. • ANY MOTION TO AMEND, TERMINATE, MODIFY, CLARIFY, OR CORRECT an injunction must be set for hearing on the Injunction docket. • Any changes to injunctions must be on the record in court where any changes can be made directly on the written injunction which will be filed in the court file and served on the Respondent in Court.
Please be aware that hearings conducted via Zoom are court hearings and must be treated as such.
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. Confidence set to medium 2026-09-08 (H3 re-verification): the live official document no longer carries this text verbatim — see the open change_detected task on its source. Verbatim from the division's own instructions page, fetched live 2026-08-03 (sha256 e771f9d68bba8400…); whitespace normalised only. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]
1 verbatim requirement on judge preferences.
20 verbatim requirements on judge preferences.