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25 verbatim requirements from the 15th Circuit's Division FY instructions page as published today.
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit (Palm Beach) — Division FY 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 a6381ad6cfba3056…); whitespace normalised only. • You must schedule your hearing via the Online Scheduling system through Online Services (OLS) in order to be heard. • Do not submit an order setting hearing with zoom information unless the Court has granted permission for the hearing to occur via zoom. • Evidentiary Hearings Any hearing requiring more than five minutes per side or that requires the Court to take evidence, must be special set. • If a party is requesting more than thirty minutes, they must email the motion along with the requested amount of time to CAD-DivisionFY@pbcgov.org . • Parties may not take multiple time blocks on OLS to bypass the requirements for setting a hearing that will take more than thirty minutes. • Any case law, motions or memorandums of law, etc. must be submitted to the Court in hard copy no less than three days before the scheduled hearing. • All evidence must be properly marked and brought to Court. • If a hearing is scheduled by court order to occur on zoom, any evidence must be uploaded to the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit's Online Evidence Portal. • Service and Submission of Proposed Orders and Judgments All proposed orders/judgments must be submitted and uploaded through the OLS system, directions on how to submit a proposed order is provided below. • Please do not submit proposed orders prior to an evidentiary hearing. • If the wording or language is not agreed to, there must be an indication in the comment section that it is a competing order and not agreed to. • Temporary Relief Hearings A Motion for Temporary Relief must be filed and docketed. • 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. • The parties must ensure that a mediation report is placed into the Court file indicating an impasse. • Notice/Motion to Set Cause for Trial A MEDIATION must occur before the notice of trial will be considered. • Original notice/motion to set cause for trial shall be filed with Clerk's office. • JUDGE MUST RECEIVE A COURTESY COPY OF THE NOTICE FOR TRIAL. • Notices must include the date and outcome of the Mediation, the specific motion or petition/counter petition to be tried, including docket entry number and the estimate of time necessary for trial. • PURSUANT TO FL STAT 61.21 and Administrative Order 5.212 both parties must have attended a Parent Education and Family Stabilization Courts prior to the setting of a Final Hearing with children (contested or uncontested). • QDRO (Qualified Domestic Relations Order) All parties and counsel must strictly comply with Administrative Order 5.213 . • In the event the Plan Administrator do not require a pre-approval, a letter will need to state this fact and filed with the motion. • All adoption and name change statutory requirements must be met before a final hearing will be set. • Prior to setting a matter on the motion calendar, the party or counsel noticing the motion shall attempt to resolve the matter and shall certify the good faith attempt to resolve. • Self-Represented Parties (Pro Se) If you are a self-represented pro se party (with no attorney), you must contact the Family Court Case Manager, Erika Ireland, at 561-330-1733, for questions and guidance regarding your case. • Do Not Send Letters, Emails or Notes to the Court The Court does not act on letters, notes or emails sent by either party.
You must schedule your hearing via the Online Scheduling system through Online Services (OLS) in order to be heard.
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".