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35 verbatim requirements from the 15th Circuit's Division JA instructions page as published today.
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit (Palm Beach) — Division JA 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 dc3e222952be8ced…); whitespace normalised only. • Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, delinquency and dependency matters involving crossover youth shall be scheduled on Wednesdays. • All case-related correspondence must be copied to all parties and shall be limited to scheduling matters or providing pleadings and draft orders for the Court's review. • Motions must be filed and docketed with the Clerk BEFORE a hearing time is requested. • Upon the filing of a motion, an email request for a hearing must be sent to the JA, with a copy to all parties. • In addition, all Notices of Hearing must include a certification by the moving party that either counsel has conferred with all pertinent parties who may be affected by the relief sought in the motion in a good faith effort to resolve the matter without a hearing or narrow the issues raised; or counsel has made reasonable efforts to confer with all pertinent parties but has been unable to do so. • An email confirming that all such arrangements have been made must be sent to the the JA at least two (2) days prior to the scheduled hearing. • Absent an emergency, a Motion for Continuance of any specially set hearing, including trials and adjudicatory hearings, must be in writing and filed at least one (1) week prior to the scheduled hearing date. • The Motion must note the agreement or objection of all parties to the continuance, or must include an explanation of reasonable efforts made to meet and confer. • Pre-Trial/Adjudicatory Hearing Procedures Prior to any calendar call or other hearing at which a trial or adjudicatory hearing is to be set, the parties shall meet and confer to ensure that 1) all discovery has been exchanged; and 2) there is no agreeable resolution short of trial/adjudicatory hearing. • An email confirming that all such arrangements have been made must be sent to the JA at least two (2) days prior to the scheduled hearing. • After the Court has set a trial or adjudicatory hearing, unless otherwise ordered by the Court, the parties shall abide by the following schedule: • To be filed and exchanged no later than one (1) week after the trial-setting hearing. • Exhibit Lists shall include all Business Records and Notices of Intent to Introduce Business Records; and all records for which Judicial Notice is sought and Notices of Intent to rely upon those records. • Any party desiring to use an exhibit or witness which is not included on their initial Witness or Exhibit List must promptly give the Court and the parties a description of the exhibit, or the witness's name and contact information, and an explanation for the late discovery. • To be filed no later than two (2) weeks after the trial-setting hearing. • The parties shall follow the Instructions relating to Motions/Special Set hearings for all Pre-trial Motions. • To be filed no later than three (3) weeks after the trial-setting hearing. • To be filed no later than four (4) weeks after the trial-setting hearing. • The parties are ordered to meet and confer regarding the Joint Case Brief, which shall be drafted jointly and include: • Any case law pertinent to legal issues which may arise at trial is to be emailed to the JA no later than four (4) weeks after the trial-setting hearing. • Copies of the highlighted cases must be provided to all parties. • A set of redacted records is to be delivered to the JA no later than four (4) weeks after the trial-setting hearing. • Not less than ten days before any adjudicatory hearing on a termination of parental rights, the Court shall conduct a pre-trial status conference to determine the order in which each party may present witnesses or evidence, the order in which cross-examination and argument shall occur, and any other matters that may aid in the conduct of the adjudicatory hearing. • Unless otherwise scheduled by the Court, argument on any proposed redactions of records shall be heard at the pre-trial status conference. • Delinquency The parties are on notice that it is the Court's intention to try any cases in which a youth is held in secure detention within 21 days of arrest. • Agreed Jury Instructions are to be emailed to the JA no later than 48 hours prior to the first day of trial. • If the parties do not agree on instructions, they must send alternative instructions to the Court. • Motions in Limine are to be filed and emailed to the JA no later than 48 hours prior to the first day of trial. • Memoranda of law and case law pertinent to any legal issues anticipated by the parties are to be emailed to the JA no later than 48 hours prior to the first day of trial, with copies to all parties. • If any party is going to rely on case law at trial that has not been previously provided, copies must be provided to the Court and to all parties. • In addition, the Agreed Order must include: 1) a listing of all parties and attorneys of record agreeing to the relief sought in the Order; and 2) the factual and legal basis for the relief sought. • After the Court has ruled at a Hearing or Trial, unless otherwise ordered by the Court, the attorney for the prevailing party shall prepare a proposed Order. • In Dependency matters, unless otherwise ordered by the Court, the Department of Children and Families shall prepare a proposed Order. • The proposed Order shall be circulated to all parties for accuracy prior to submission to the Court. • The proposed Order shall be provided to the Court no later than fourteen (14) days from the date of the hearing, unless otherwise ordered by the Court or unless leave of court for an extension is granted.
Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, delinquency and dependency matters involving crossover youth shall be scheduled on Wednesdays.
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".