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Official rule; awaiting reverification against the current source text. Verify with the clerk, judicial assistant, or official court website before relying on it.
26 verbatim requirements from the 15th Circuit's Division FX instructions page as published today.
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit (Palm Beach) — Division FX only. Division instructions change with judicial rotations; the division's own page controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
• All communications with the judicial office must comply with Canon 3 of the Code of Judicial Conduct, which prohibits a judge from initiating, permitting, or considering ex parte communications and from considering other communications outside the presence of the parties concerning a pending or impending proceeding, unless authorized by law. • All parties must be copied on any e-mail directed to the judicial office, unless an ex parte communication is authorized by law. • All attorneys and self-represented litigants must make and receive service by e-mail, which is generally through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal, unless excused. • All attorneys and self-represented litigants must provide an e-mail address to receive signed orders electronically, unless excused. • Hearings of more than 30 minutes must be scheduled through Case Management. • A notice of hearing must be filed and served immediately after reserving hearing time. • A notice of haring involving any remote appearance must list the Division Zoom link. • All notices of hearing(s), motions, referrals, and objections to the Magistrate must clearly state the docket entry on the NOH. • The Court must receive all materials for the hearing, including case law, no later than three (3) business days before the hearing. • Except for good cause shown, the motion must be signed by the party requesting the continuance, as required by Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.545(e). • Absent an emergency, all motion to continue a trial must be heard prior to the first day of trial. • Once granted, you must immediately file and serve a notice of cancellation on opposing counsel and any self-represented litigant. • Requests to use communication technology for an appearance any evidentiary hearing or witness for trial must be made by motion. • If a witness appears remotely, the party calling the witness must ensure the witness has a functioning camera and microphone and has tested the internet connection before the hearing. • All participants in a remote hearing must have a camera, microphone, and speaker to allow them to be seen and heard during a video conference. • If using a smart phone or tablet, you must download the Zoom app. • All proposed orders must be accompanied by a document either (1) confirming the agreement of all parties or (2) containing a statement identifying any disagreement of the parties as to the proposed order. • Proposed orders must be submitted no later than one week after any hearing unless otherwise stated by the Court. • Courtesy Copies of Case Law and Other Documents Courtesy copies of Motions and all hearing or trial materials must be uploaded to OLS (Online Scheduling) through the e-Courtesy feature. • Please do not send courtesy copies of Motion or Notices to the Division by email for any hearing or trial, unless specifically directed to do so by the Court. • The parties shall communicate and upload pre-trial stipulations into the OLS (Online Scheduling) platform no later than noon on Friday prior to trial week. • Emergency and Other Urgent Matters If a party believes there is a factual basis for setting an emergency hearing, a detailed motion setting forth the following must be filed: • All parties shall make themselves available for the emergency hearing, barring exigent circumstances. • Pretrial Procedures and Conferences Any pre-trial substantive motions of more than 10 minutes per side or that may require audio or video redactions of evidence should be brought to the attention of the Court to be heard at least 10 days prior to trial. • Any request must articulate the reasons for the necessity of the conference. • Any party requiring the assistance of an interpreter shall be responsible for securing, at the party's own expense, a qualified/certified interpreter for all hearings, conferences, mediations, and trials.
All communications with the judicial office must comply with Canon 3 of the Code of Judicial Conduct, which prohibits a judge from initiating, permitting, or considering ex parte communications and from considering other communications outside the presence of the parties concerning a pending or impending proceeding, unless authorized by law.
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 bc2c111e00a6c270…); whitespace normalised only. [moved from the text 2026-09-14] 2026-09-17: the task that carried this rule's ask was closed (Phase 4 stamp); this rule's own re-read task (scheduled_reverification, 2026-09-17) carries it now.
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