Palm Beach Division JS (Judge Melanie Dale Surber) — Remote appearance policy · BenchPath

Palm Beach Division JS (Judge Melanie Dale Surber) — Remote appearance policy

High confidence· verified July 24, 2026Remote / Zoom Hearings15th Jud. Cir., Division JS divisional pages (instructions, news) — captured and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24

Summary

6 verbatim requirements published by Palm Beach Division JS on remote appearance policy.

Applies to

Palm Beach County, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit — Division JS only. Divisional instructions change without notice; the division page is the controlling text. Procedural information only; not legal advice.

Source of truth

ALL HEARINGS ARE LIVE, unless a motion for remote appearance has been granted

Official source: 15th Circuit — Administrative Orders (faceted ledger)
Source health: Healthy · checked September 7, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: July 24, 2026benchpath-arbitration-2026-07-24

Reviewer note: Complete-coverage record. Page sha256: f2f122db73f64962aa33ac5810ad23ff282c39e912f70b012c28d9446b335d51, 31593f1c92b8bbb818e6f9dfc62b7a2106fd60d3d0178b451af4bf97d0b0f2d6. Sourced from 2 division tabs: https://www.15thcircuit.com/division/js/instructions ; https://www.15thcircuit.com/division/js/news. Clauses under 60 characters (navigation labels and section headings) were excluded; 628 such fragments were dropped circuit-wide. A separate curated highlight rule may cover one of these clauses with a sharper title — de-duplication is an open curation task, not a data gap.

Juvenile Delinquency Juvenile Dependency

Change history

August 6, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Circuit — Administrative Orders (faceted ledger). Review before republishing dependent rules.
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Palm Beach Division FC (Judge Karen M. Miller) — Remote appearance policy

1 verbatim requirement published by Palm Beach Division FC on remote appearance policy.

High confidence· verified July 24, 202615th Jud. Cir., Division FC divisional pages (news) — captured and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24

Remote / Zoom HearingsHillsborough County · Family Division E · Judge Michael J. Hooi

No Hybrid Hearings — but Mutual In-Person Is Always Available — Family E

Judge Hooi does not usually allow hybrid hearings (one side in person, one virtual); if both sides prefer, everyone may appear in person instead; emergencies route through the clerk to a judge-entered handling order.

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Palm Beach Division JS (Judge Melanie Dale Surber) — Remote appearance policy

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