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35 verbatim requirements from the 15th Circuit's Division IA instructions page as published today.
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit (Palm Beach) — Division IA only. Division instructions change with judicial rotations; the division's own page controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
• Due to the high volume of orders, please do not contact the JA about the status of your order unless it has been seven (7) days since the order was uploaded or if your order is an emergency. • All Special Sets must be set by Order Specially Setting Not by notice of hearing. • All Trials are in-person and a motion for a witness to appear via Zoom along with a proposed order shall be filed for any witnesses who may need to appear via Zoom. • Join Meeting Zoom Dial-In Numbers: 8778535257, 8884754499 Meeting ID: 854 1291 7208 Password: 651735 All waivers, consents, renunciations and receipt of assets must be notarized. • Please note, if you are a witness or are planning to give testimony in your case, you must have a notary public present with you for the purpose of confirming your identification, and/or to swear-in the witness unless the parties agree that it is not necessary. • Please do not use our own zoom links for any of these hearings. • Online Services Prior to first use, users must create an account in the Court's Online Services (current users can use their existing account.) Probate Division "IA" is now participating in Online Scheduling for Special Set Hearings sixty (60) minutes or less. • If multiple orders are being submitted for a case, they must be uploaded separately and not as an attachment to another order. • All orders must state a mailing address and e-mail address for each party being served and that have registered e-mail addresses with the Clerk of Court. • Please note that all petitions for ETG/ Guardian advocate must be scheduled by the judicial assistant. • Request special set hearing, case number and case style Advise the court of the special set request and how much time is required for the special set. • Do not prepare/or send an order setting the hearing the until the court has "confirm" the date for a special set hearing. • Notice/Motion to Set Cause for Trial The original notice/motion to set cause for trial must be filed with the Clerk. • Notice of unavailability must be filed when filing a notice to set trial. • Please adhere to all instructions in Administrative Order 5.209 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 and/or e-mail 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. • You may obtain a trial date before completing mediation, but you must complete mediation prior to trial. • Do not notice your case for trial unless both sides agree the case is trial ready. • Any party seeking to exclude expert testimony under a Daubert analysis pursuant to F.S. 90.702 shall file a motion with the court specifically identifying the basis for the Daubert challenge. • All Daubert motions shall be scheduled and heard prior to the commencement of the trial. • Digital Evidence All exhibits must be uploaded to the digital evidence portal All exhibits must be uploaded to the 15th Judicial Circuit Evidence Portal at least seventy-two (72) hours before the hearing. • Evidence must be uploaded 72 hours before your trial or evidentiary hearing How to Upload Your Exhibits for Trial/Evidentiary Hearings Digital Evidence Portal FAQs What is the "Digital Evidence Portal"? The Digital Evidence Portal is an application designed by the judges of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit to allow for the remote uploading, viewing, ruling and processing of electronically submitted evidence exhibits. • To upload evidence you must be logged in as an attorney on the case. • Are There Any Formatting Requirements for Uploaded Exhibits? Each exhibit's first page must have "blank space" sufficient to hold he court's evidence stamp. • Each exhibit's first page must have "blank space" sufficient to hold he court's evidence stamp. • I Logged Into OLS and Entered the Correct Case Number, but do not see the Digital Evidence Portal Button? Divisional participation in the Digital Evidence Portal is at the discretion of each judge/magistrate. • Please see Supreme Court administrative order AOSC19-74, which discusses transition to a "fully electronic environment that is largely paperless." All proposed orders shall be submitted to the court for review no later than 48 hours following the hearing via OLS system with a note in the comments indicating the date the hearing was held , granted/denied, and whether it is a proposed order or agreed order. • Matters brought before the court must be noticed five (5) days prior to the hearing for in-state residence and ten (10) days for out-of-state residence. • The Notice of Hearing must be e-filed and a courtesy copy sent to the Judicial Assistant. • PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL PETITION'S FOR GUARDIANSHIP MUST BE SCHEDULED BY THE JUDICIAL ASSISTANT. • Motions must be filed and docketed with clerk before hearing dates can be given or a hearing can be set. • IF the opposing counsel or Pro-Se litigant is NOT available on the dates provided by the moving party, then the Opposing Counsel not the moving party shall be responsible for obtaining new dates from the Judicial Assistant ASAP. • If the hearing is evidentiary, that must be noted on the proposed Order on Special Set Hearing. • Once ALL the cited deficiencies have been cured and related documents have posted on the docket, please send your proposed order(s) through OLS with a notation that all deficiencies have been cured. "A Restricted Depository is required for all guardianship involving property." Important Update: • The court must consider the criteria defined in FL STAT §744.108 when reviewing Attorney and Guardian fees requests; therefore, all fee petitions should include the nature and value of the Ward's assets at the time of filing the fee request, the monthly income earned and the monthly expenses of the Ward.
Due to the high volume of orders, please do not contact the JA about the status of your order unless it has been seven (7) days since the order was uploaded or if your order is an emergency.
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. Verbatim from the division's own instructions page, fetched live 2026-08-03 (sha256 8d823a80a3ae84c0…); whitespace normalised only. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]
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